Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
29 July 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:

Deutsche Bank AG

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:

Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiary companies

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

unknown - (advising a notifiable interest)

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 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

unknown

11) Date company informed:

28 July 2004

12) Total holding following this notification:

16,701,210

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

10.25%

14) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Miss A J Marsh - 020 7743 5430

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

Miss A J Marsh
For Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
Secretary

16) Date of notification:

29 July 2004


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