Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
22 July 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:

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

Church Commissioners for England (Chase GIS) Nominees Limited - 3,250,000

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:

2,250,000

8) Percentage of issued class:

1.38%

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 5p each

10) Date of transaction:

Unknown

11) Date company informed:

Company Secretary received notification on 19 July 2002

12) Total holding following this notification:

3,250,000

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

1.99% (gone below notifiable interest)

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:

22 July 2002




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