Teck Cominco Limited - Tentative agreement at Highland Valley Copper

VANCOUVER, Oct. 1 /CNW/ - Teck Cominco Limited announced today that
Highland Valley Copper and Local 7619 of the United Steelworkers of America
have reached a tentative collective agreement with the assistance of mediator
Vince Ready.
Union ratification votes will be scheduled to take place over the next 7
to 10 days.
The tentative agreement is for a 5 year term, expiring September 30,
2011. No other terms of the agreement will be disclosed until ratification is
complete.
Highland Valley operations had been shut down on an orderly basis prior
to completion of negotiations.  Full production is expected to be restored in
approximately 3 days.

Teck Cominco is a diversified mining company, headquartered in Vancouver,
Canada. Its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols
TCK.A and TCK.B and on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TCK. The
company is a world leader in the production of zinc and metallurgical coal and
is also a significant producer of copper, gold, indium and other specialty
metals. Further information can be found at www.teckcominco.com.