Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
09 April 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company:

     Merrill Lynch World Mining Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

     Deutsche Bank AG London

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18:

     Beneficial

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them:
Deutsche Bank AG London                                                                          470,527

Morgan Nominees                                                                               11,538,150

Morgan Nominees a/c CHY                                                                          337,700

Morgan Nominees a/c ENF                                                                          173,200

Morgan Nominees a/c LAM                                                                          201,900

Morgan Nominees a/c LAM                                                                          104,000

Morgan Nominees a/c SAM                                                                          105,303

Bank of New York Nominees                                                                        236,787

Chase Nominees                                                                                 5,614,938

Chase Nominees a/c 14186                                                                         123,500

Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                                               100,600

Deutsche Bank International Limited                                                               26,700

HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Limited                                                        460,290

Nortrust Nominees                                                                              1,420,433

State Street Nominees                                                                            315,608

Vidacos Nominees                                                                                 165,800

                                                                                         ---------------
                                                                                              21,395,436
                                                                                               =========



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

      1,170,587

6) Percentage of issued class:

      0.71%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

      n/a

8) Percentage of issued class:

      n/a

9) Class of security:

      Ordinary shares of 5p each

10) Date of transaction:

      unknown

11) Date company informed:

      9 April 2003

12) Total holding following this notification:

      21,395,436

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

      13.14%

14) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

      Miss D A Fish - 020 7743 5153

15) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification:

Miss D A Fish
For Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
Secretary

16) Date of notification:

9 April 2003


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange