Holding in Company

Mercury World Mining Trust PLC
17 October 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:

Mercury World Mining Trust plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Legal & General Investment Management Limited

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

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 747381        160,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245        801,250
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203        157,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206      5,895,559
                                                     ---------
Total                                                7,013,809

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

1,155,486

6   Percentage of issued class:

0.67%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:

N/A

9   Class of security:

Ordinary 5p each

10  Date of transaction:

13th October 2000

11  Date company informed:

17th October 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:

7,013,809

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

4.09%

14  Contact name for queries:

Miss A J Marsh

15 Contact telephone number:

020 7743 5430

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:

Miss A J Marsh
For Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
Secretary

17  Date of notification:

17th October 2000