Purchase of Own Shares

Mercury World Mining Trust PLC
3 October 2000


PURCHASE OF OWN ORDINARY SHARES IN THE MARKET

1. Date of the purchase:                    2nd October 2000

2. Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:     100,000
          
3. Highest and lowest price paid per share: 90.5p
  (excluding expenses)                      

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

   Ordinary shares     172,093,803
                                            
5 Name of contact for queries: Miss A J Marsh
                               020 7743 5430

6. Name of authorised Company official responsible for this      
   notification: Miss A J Marsh
                 for Merrill Lynch Group Services Ltd
                 Secretary

6. Date of Notification: 2nd October 2000