Interim Management Statement

BLACKROCK WORLD MINING TRUST PLC

Interim Management Statement - 3 months to 31 March 2010

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 January 2010 to
31 March 2010, 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 is 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 Evy Hambro of
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited.

Stock Performance

Cumulative Performance:

                                   One      Three        One       Five
                                 Month     Months       Year      Years
Net Asset Value (undiluted)      11.0%      12.0%      95.4%     195.2%
Share Price                      14.1%      13.8%      90.3%     192.7%
HSBC Global Mining Index         10.7%      11.0%      86.9%     225.5%

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


Ten Largest Equity Holdings at 31 March 2010 (in alphabetical order)

BHP Billiton
First Quantum Minerals
Freeport McMoRan
Fresnillo
Glencore Finance (Europe) 5% 31/12/14
Impala Platinum
Minas Buenaventura
Rio Tinto
Teck Resources
Vale


Financial position and performance as at 31 March 2010

Gross Assets (£m)                       £1,350.05
Short term borrowings (£m)                  £40.7
                                                 
Undiluted Net Asset Values:                      
Net asset value-Cum Income                736.56p
Net asset value-Capital Only              736.09p
                                                 
Share Price                               621.00p
                                                 
Ordinary Shares in Issue*             177,762,242
                                                 
Gearing                                      3.0%
                                                 
Discount to NAV**                           15.6%

* excluding treasury shares
** based on capital only NAV


Material Events & Transactions

The Board is not aware of any material events or transactions, except as
disclosed herein, occurring between 31 March 2010 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).

Annual Report

The Company announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2009 on
19 February 2010.

Final Dividend

A final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December 2009 of 4.75p per
ordinary share was recommended by the Directors. Subject to shareholder approval
at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 21 April 2010, the
dividend will be payable on 28 April 2010 to shareholders on the register on 19
March 2010 (ex dividend dated 17 March 2010).

Contact details:
Caroline Driscoll
Secretary
Tel: [phone]

21 April 2010