Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
07 February 2007


                       NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN INTEREST

Merrill Lynch World Mining Trust plc has received notification of the following
change of interest in voting rights in the Company's share capital:

Barclays PLC holds 4,133,016 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company.  This
holding represents 2.45% of the voting rights of the Company (a decrease from
3.77% notified on 18 July 2006), and is below notifiable interest.


Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

            Ms C Driscoll - 020 7743 2427

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

            Ms C Driscoll
            For BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
            Secretary

Date of notification:

            7 February 2007


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