PR Newswire
London, August 12
The "Commodity Exposure" table in the "Portfolio Analysis" section of the half
yearly financial report, which was announced yesterday, included an incorrect
year in the reference to "Euromoney Global Mining Index". Instead of 2015, the
year should be 2016. The corrected table is set out below.
Portfolio analysis
30 June 2016
COMMODITY EXPOSURE*
| BlackRock World Mining Trust plc 2016 % | BlackRock World Mining Trust plc 2015# % | Euromoney Global Mining Index 2016 % | |
| Aluminium | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| Coal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| Iron Ore | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Zinc | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Nickel | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Industrial Minerals | 3.4 | 6.5 | 0.9 |
| Silver & Diamonds | 16.2 | 13.2 | 8.5 |
| Copper | 17.6 | 21.0 | 9.5 |
| Gold | 26.6 | 17.7 | 32.6 |
| Diversified | 32.1 | 40.5 | 35.2 |
| Other | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
*Based on the principal commodity exposure and place of operation of each investment.
#Represents exposure at 31 December 2015.
