Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
01 March 2005


                                  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:

     ING Bank NV, London Branch


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 warrants/shares held by each of them:

     n/a

5) Number of warrants/amount of stock acquired:

     unknown (initial notification of holding)

6) Percentage of issued class:

     unknown (initial notification of holding)

7) Number of warrants/amount of stock disposed:

     n/a

8) Percentage of issued class:

     n/a

9) Class of security:

     warrants

10) Date of transaction:

     unknown

11) Date company informed:

     1 March 2005

12) Total holding following this notification:

     1,000,000 warrants

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

     3.07%

14) Any additional information:

     n/a

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

     Miss C Driscoll - 020 7743 2427

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

Miss C Driscoll
for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
Secretary

17) Date of notification:

1 March 2005

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