Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
17 December 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                                                                          106,146

Morgan Nominees                                                                                3,562,172

Morgan Nominees a/c CHY                                                                           32,100

Bank of New York Nominees                                                                        165,787

Chase Nominees                                                                                 6,149,778

Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                                                91,400

HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Limited                                                        229,410

Nortrust Nominees                                                                              1,416,297

State Street Nominees                                                                          5,913,530

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                                                                                              17,666,620
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5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

      n/a

6) Percentage of issued class:

      n/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

      1,842,374

8) Percentage of issued class:

      1.13%

9) Class of security:

      Ordinary shares of 5p each

10) Date of transaction:

      unknown

11) Date company informed:

      17 December 2003

12) Total holding following this notification:

      17,666,620

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

      10.85%

14) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

      Miss H M Harvey - 020 7743 5307

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

Miss H M Harvey
For Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
Secretary

16) Date of notification:

17 December 2003


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