Purchase of Own Securities

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
26 January 2001


                            PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

1) Name of company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Trust plc

2) Date of the purchase:

25 January 2001

3) Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

100,000

4) Highest and lowest price paid per share (excluding expenses):

90p

5) The issued share capital of the Company following this buy-back will be:

Ordinary shares - 169,999,852

6) Name of contact for queries:

Miss H Harvey

020 7743 5307

7) Name of authorised Company official responsible for this notification:

Miss H Harvey

for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited

Secretary

8) Date of notification:

25 January 2001