Purchase of Own Secs - Amdmnt

MERCURY WORLD MINING TRUST PLC
29 September 1999


The issuer has made the following alteration to the
MERCURY WORLD MINING - PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES
announcement released on 28th September 1999 under RNS No 1561n.

Figures in section 4. Ordinary shares should read 192,399,852 and not 
192,824,852 as previously stated. The full corrected version is shown below.

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AMENDMENT - ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL UPDATED

PURCHASE OF OWN ORDINARY SHARES IN THE MARKET

1. Date of the purchase: 28th September 1999

2. Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:     425,000
          
3. Highest and lowest price paid per share: 85.75p
  (excluding expenses)                      

4. The issued share capital of the Company following this buy-back will be 

   Ordinary shares     192,399,852
   
                                         
5 Name of contact for queries: Miss T A Bennett 
                                0171 220 5307

6. Name of authorised Company official responsible for this      
   notification: Miss T A Bennett
                 for Mercury Asset Management 
                 Group Services Ltd
                 Secretary

6. Date of Notification: 28th September 1999