Result of AGM

BlackRock World Mining Trust plc

Results of AGM

Following the Annual General Meeting which was held today, we are pleased to
announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed including
ordinary resolutions 8 and 9, and special resolutions 10, 11, 12 and 13:

(Res. 8) To resolve that the Company continue in being as an investment trust
(Res. 9) To authorise the Directors to allot shares
(Res. 10) To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect
of issues of new shares or the sale of shares out of treasury.
(Res. 11) To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company's shares for
cancellation or to be held in treasury.
(Res. 12) To remove the provisions of the Memorandum of Association.
(Res. 13) To approve and adopt new Articles of Association.

Under listing rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the UK
Listing Authority, and will shortly be made available via the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS

Tel. No. (0)20 7066 1000

The minimum number of proxy votes received in favour of the resolutions was
89.69%.

21 April 2010