Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
18 July 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                        115,000
     Barclays Trust Co R69                                      4,125
     Boiss Nominees Ltd a/c 4224361                           156,775
     Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 16376                              79,172
     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                        1,200
     Gerrard Nominees Limited a/c 660430                        6,000
     Gerrard Nominees Limited a/c 660968                       10,400
     Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1)                    95,439
     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                      1,658,531
     JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409                        130,610
     R C Greig Nominees Limited                             2,223,985
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1                       711,293
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1                       226,104
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 RES                     1,400
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1                       122,025
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c GP1                       272,176
     R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c SA1                       243,122
     Zeban Nominees Limited                                    51,160

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:

     414,255 shares

8) Percentage of issued class:

     0.24%

9) Class of security:

     Ordinary shares of 5p each

10) Date of transaction:

     14 July 2006

11) Date company informed:

     18 July 2006

12) Total holding following this notification:

     6,340,681

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

     3.77%

14) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

     Ms C Driscoll - 020 7743 2427

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

     Ms C Driscoll
     For Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
     Secretary

16) Date of notification:

     18 July 2006


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