Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
01 April 2003

                                  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:

     The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

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:

BNY GIL Client a/c Nominees Ltd                               588,870

BONY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                     3,102,000

Mellon Nominees UK Ltd NIFF 3600022                            55,000

Mellon Nominees UK Ltd NIFF 3000032                         1,522,251

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                                                            5,268,121
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5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

      unknown

6) Percentage of issued class:

      unknown

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:

      1 April 2003

12) Total holding following this notification:

      5,268,121

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

      3.23%

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:

1 April 2003


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