Blackrock World Mining Trust PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Nov 3, 2014

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BLACKROCK WORLD MINING TRUST PLC - Holding(s) in Company

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London, November 3

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares towhich voting rights are attached (ii):BlackRock World Mining Trust plc(2). Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (X)An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect toqualifying financial instruments: ( )An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )Other (please specify) : ( )(3). Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited(4). Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):Nutraco Nominees Limited(5). Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different) (v):Not notified(6). Date on which issuer notified:Not notified(7). Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:Not notified(8). Notified details:A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii) (xi)Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN code): ORD / GBP 0.05p /GB0005774855Situation previous to the triggering transaction(vi):Number of Shares: 1,875,089Number of Voting rights(viii): 1,875,089Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(vii):Number of shares:Direct: N/ANumber of voting rights (ix):N/ADirect (x): N/AIndirect (xi): 1,903,237% of voting rights:Direct: N/AIndirect: 1.1%B. Qualifying Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii):Type of financial instrument: N/AExpiration date (xiii): N/AExercise/Conversion Period/Date (xiv): N/ANumber of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted:% of voting rights: N/AC. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying FinancialInstruments (xv, xvi)Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: N/AType of financial instrument: N/AExercise price: N/AExpiration date (xvii): N/AExercise/Conversion Period (xviii): N/ANumber of voting rights instrument refers to:% of voting rights (xix, xx):Nominal:Delta:Total (A + B + C):Number of voting rights 1,903,237% of voting rights: 1.1%(9). Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/orthe financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):Proxy Voting(10). Name of the proxy holder:Nutraco Nominees Limited(11). Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:N/A(12). Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:N/A(13). Additional information:These shares are held on behalf of participants in the BlackRock InvestmentTrust savings products. BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has a notifiableinterest in these shares because, in certain circumstances and subject to certain limitationsagreed with the Takeover Panel to ensure compliance with the Takeover Code, with effectfrom 14 March 2007 BlackRock is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to theseshares if the relevant plan participants do not do so.(14). Contact name:Ms C DriscollFor BlackRock Investment Management (UK) LimitedSecretary(15). Contact telephone number:020 7743 2427

3 November 2014