Holding in Company

Mercury World Mining Trust PLC
19 September 2000

1   Name of company:
Mercury World Mining Trust plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Mercury Asset Management Ltd and other companies in the Merrill Lynch group,
including Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

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:
Non-beneficial

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

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
N/A

6   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

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:
14th September 2000

11  Date company informed:
19th September 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
Unknown - gone below notifiable interest

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
Unknown - gone below notifiable interest

14  Contact name for queries:
Ms K Rucht

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7743 5466

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Ms K Rucht
for Mercury Asset Management Group Services Ltd
Secretary

17  Date of notification:
19th September 2000