Purchase of Own Securities

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC 22 November 2001 PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES 1) Date of the purchase: 21 November 2001 2) Number of Ordinary Shares purchased: 454,539 3) Highest and lowest price paid per share (excluding expenses): 94.75p 4) The issued share capital of the Company following this buy-back will be: Ordinary shares - 166,895,461 5) Name of contact for queries: Miss A J Marsh 020 7743 5430 6) Name of authorised Company official responsible for this notification: Miss A J Marsh for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited Secretary 7) Date of notification: 21 November 2001
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