Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
25 January 2002

                                  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:

     Non 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 3,720,883
Morgan Nominees 9,125,213
Morgan Nominees Account CHY 445,500
Morgan Nominees Account NG 148,647
Morgan Nominees Account SAM 177,199
Bank of New York Nominees 306,787
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees 174,600
Deutsche Bank International Limited 602,810
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Limited 344,863
RBSTB Nominees 609,310
State Street Nominees 412,105
Vidacos Nominees 449,170


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 shares of 5p each

10) Date of transaction:

     Unknown

11) Date company informed:

     Company Secretary received 25 January 2002

12) Total holding following this notification:

     16,517,087

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

     10.09%

14) Any additional information:

     Notification of notifiable interest

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

     Miss D A Fish - 020 7743 5153

16) 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

17) Date of notification:


        25 January 2002




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