Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
25 April 2006

                                  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:

     Barclays PLC

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:

     Non-beneficial

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them:

     Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                        115,224
     Boiss Nominees Ltd a/c 4224361                           100,734
     Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 16376                              86,826
     Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 28270                              57,358
     Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 a/c 00120142001               25,000
     Gerrard Nominees Limited a/c 603856                        2,500
     Gerrard Nominees Limited a/c 639353                        3,040
     Gerrard Nominees Limited a/c 642686                        2,300
     Gerrard Nominees Limited a/c 660430                        6,000
     Gerrard Nominees Limited a/c 660968                       10,400
     Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1)                    96,799
     JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331                         50,332
     JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341                         93,934
     JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400                      1,920,096
     JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409                        134,044
     R C Greig Nominees Limited                             2,333,148
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1                       786,653
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1                       241,174
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 RES                     1,400
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1                       130,305
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c GP1                       289,694
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c SA1                       246,815
     Zeban Nominees Limited                                    21,160

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

     unknown

6) Percentage of issued class:

     unknown

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

     unknown

8) Percentage of issued class:

     unknown

9) Class of security:

     Ordinary shares of 5p each

10) Date of transaction:

     unknown

11) Date company informed:

     25 April 2006

12) Total holding following this notification:

     6,754,936

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

     4.01%

14) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

     Ms B Powley - 020 7743 5610

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

     Ms B Powley
     For Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
     Secretary

16) Date of notification:

     25 April 2006


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