Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
28 January 2003


                                  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:

     Deutsche Bank AG London

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:

     Beneficial

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them:

Deutsche Bank AG London                                              1,654,028
Morgan Nominees                                                      8,985,920
Morgan Nominees a/c CHY                                                271,400
Morgan Nominees a/c ENF                                                220,200
Morgan Nominees a/c LAM                                                254,700
Morgan Nominees a/c SAM                                                108,129
Bank of New York Nominees                                              236,787
Chase Nominees                                                       2,347,215
Chase Nominees a/c 14186                                               152,200
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                     100,600
Deutsche Bank International Limited                                     26,700
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Limited                              408,290
Nortrust Nominees                                                    1,218,437
State Street Nominees                                                  319,941
Vidacos Nominees                                                       204,400
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                                                                    16,508,947
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5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

     unknown

6) Percentage of issued class:

     unknown

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

     n/a

8) Percentage of issued class:

     n/a

9) Class of security:

     Ordinary shares of 5p each

10) Date of transaction:

     unknown

11) Date company informed:

     28 January 2003

12) Total holding following this notification:

     16,508,947

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

     10.14%

14) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

     Miss D A Fish - 020 7743 5153

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


        Miss D A Fish
        For Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
        Secretary

16) Date of notification:


        28 January 2003



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