VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Teck Cominco Limited announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Fording Canadian Coal Trust under which Teck will acquire 100% of Fording's assets, which consist principally of a royalty in respect of Fording's 60% non-operating interest in the Elk Valley Coal Partnership .

TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Results of water quality tests conducted downstream from Teck Cominco's Trail Operations show that lead levels did not exceed the BC - Columbia River Water Quality Objective.

TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Teck Cominco regrets to announce that at approximately 5:30pm on May 28, 2008 a heat exchanger in the lead refinery of the Trail Operations failed allowing electrolyte, an acidic solution containing lead, to get to the Columbia River, through an industrial outlet.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - All dollar amounts expressed in this news release are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Teck Cominco Limited and Global Copper Corp. announced today they have entered into an agreement for Teck to acquire Global by way of an arrangement under the Business Corporations Act .

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Teck Cominco Limited today announced that it has completed sufficient drilling to be able to report an inferred resource in the primary sulphide mineralization deposit at its Quebrada Blanca property in northern Chile.