Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
11 March 2004

                                  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:

     M&G Investment Management Ltd on behalf of Prudential 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:

     MGIM a/c DBL a/c FBFT           150,318
     MGIM a/c JPM a/c RU           4,839,484
     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC   80,000

     Total                         5,069,802

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

     n/a - notification of holding over 3%

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:

     11 March 2004

12) Total holding following this notification:

     5,069,802

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

     3.11%

14) Any additional information:

n/a


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

     Miss H Harvey - 020 7743 5307

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification:

Miss H Harvey
for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
Secretary



17) Date of notification:

11 March 2004


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