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November 27, 1996
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Global Resources Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 2-97095;
Investment Company Act No. 811-4282)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Global Resources Trust (the "Trust") hereby certifies
that:
(1) the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act would
not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment
No. 12 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Trust's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 26, 1996.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL RESOURCES TRUST
By: /s/ MARK B. GOLDFUS
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Mark B. Goldfus
Secretary
