Interim Management Statement

BLACKROCK WORLD MINING TRUST PLC

Interim Management Statement - 3 months to 30 September 2008

To the members of BlackRock World Mining Trust plc

This interim management statement has been produced solely to provide
additional information to shareholders as a body to meet the relevant
requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure & Transparency Rules. It
should not be relied on by any other party for any other reason.

This interim management statement relates to the period from 1 July 2008 to 30
September 2008, and contains information that covers this period, and up to the
date of publication of this interim management statement. Please note more
detailed performance information, in particular the July, August and September
2008 month end announcements are available on the Investment Manager's website-
www.blackrock.co.uk/its.

The Company's objective is to maximise total returns to shareholders through a
world-wide portfolio of mining and metal securities. Up to 10% of the assets
may be invested in physical metals. The Company is managed by Graham Birch of
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited.

Stock Performance

Cumulative Performance (%):
                                   One      Three        One       Five
                                 Month     Months       Year      Years
                                                                       
Net Asset Value (undiluted)     -29.8%     -40.6%     -35.1%     187.4%
Share Price                     -30.3%     -41.3%     -35.4%     173.6%
HSBC Global Mining Index        -27.7%     -38.2%     -29.3%     162.2%

All performance figures are in sterling terms on a total return basis.


Ten Largest Equity Holdings at 30 September 2008

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Rio Tinto
Teck Cominco
Vale

Financial position and performance as at 30 September 2008

Gross Assets (£m)                          922.37
Short term borrowings (£m)                  23.08
                                                 
Undiluted Net Asset Values:                      
Net asset value-Cum Income                504.32p
Net asset value-Capital Only              498.85p
                                                 
Diluted Net Asset Values:                        
Net asset value-Cum Income                504.32p
Net asset value-Capital Only              498.85p
                                                 
Share Price                               416.75p
                                                 
Ordinary Shares in Issue*             178,317,729
                                                 
Gearing                                      2.5%
                                                 
Discount to NAV**                          16.46%
                                                 
*excluding treasury shares
**based on diluted capital only NAV

Material Events

There were no material events throughout the period.

Material Transactions

During the period, 200,000 shares were bought back and placed in treasury.

The Board is not aware of any material events or transactions, except as
disclosed herein, occurring between 30 September 2008 and the date of
publication of this interim management statement which would have a material
impact on the financial position of the Company. Latest information is
available by typing, www.blackrock.co.uk/its on the internet, "BLRKINDEX" on
Reuters, "BLRK" on Bloomberg or "8800" on Topic 3 (ICV terminal).

Contact details:
Caroline Driscoll
Secretary
Tel: [phone]

31 October 2008