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Exhibit 4.2

 

 

	
   

  	
  PricewaterhouseCoopers
  LLP

  
	
   

  	
  Chartered Accountants

  
	
   

  	
  PricewaterhouseCoopers
  Place

  
	
   

  	
  250 Howe Street, Suite 700

  
	
   

  	
  Vancouver, British
  Columbia

  
	
   

  	
  Canada V6C 3S7

  
	
   

  	
  Telephone +1 604 806 7000

  
	
   

  	
  Facsimile +1 604 806 7806

  

 

Consent of Independent Chartered Accountants

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statement on Form F-8 (the “Registration Statement”) of Teck Cominco Limited
(the “Company”) of our auditors’ report dated February 26, 2007, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as at December 31, 2006 and
December 31, 2005 and the consolidated statements of earnings, retained
earnings and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended
December 31, 2006, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting of Teck Cominco Limited as of December 31, 2006.

 

We
also consent to the references to us under the headings “Experts” and “Documents
Filed as Part of the Registration Statement” in the Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Chartered
Accountants

 

Vancouver,
Canada

July 17, 2007

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the Canadian firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP and the other member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited,
each of which is a separate and independent legal entity.Exhibit
4.3

 

Lang Michener LLP

 

Lawyers – Patent & Trade
Mark Agents

 

BCE Place, 181 Bay Street,
Suite 2500

P.O. Box 747

Toronto ON M5J 2T7

Canada

 

Telephone:   416-360-8600

Facsimile:    416-365-1719

 

 

July 17, 2007

 

Teck Cominco Limited

Suite 600

200 Burrard Street

Vancouver, British Columbia

V6C 3L9

 

Dear Sirs:

 

Re:                             Take-Over
Bid Circular dated July 17, 2007

 

We hereby
consent to the references to our name contained under the heading “Legal
Matters” and to our opinion contained under “Certain Canadian Federal Income
Tax Considerations” in (i) the Circular accompanying the Offer dated July 17,
2007 made by Teck Cominco Limited (“Teck”) to the holders of  Aur Resources Inc. common shares and (ii) the Registration
Statement on Form F-8 of Teck filed with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 17, 2007.

 

Yours truly,

 

/s/ Lang
Michener LLP

 

 

	
  www.langmichener.ca

  	
   

  	
  Toronto

  	
   

  	
  Vancouver

  	
   

  	
  OttawaExhibit 4.4

 

[LETTERHEAD OF TECK COMINCO LIMITED]

 

July 17, 2007

 

British Columbia Securities Commission

Alberta Securities Commission

Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission

The Manitoba Securities Commission

Ontario Securities Commission

Autorité des marchés financiers

New Brunswick Securities Commission

Nova Scotia Securities Commission

Prince Edward Island Securities Office

Securities Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador

Yukon Registrar of Securities

Northwest Territories Registrar of Securities

Nunavut Registrar of Securities

Toronto Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

 

Dear Sirs:

 

	
  Re:

  	
  Teck Cominco Limited

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Consent of Expert

  	
   

  

 

In connection with the offer to purchase of Teck Cominco Limited  for all of the outstanding common shares of Aur Resources
Inc.  dated July 17, 2007 (the “Offer to
Purchase”), I hereby consent to the use of my name in connection with
references to my involvement in the preparation of the mineral reserve and
mineral resource estimates for Teck Cominco Limited’s  material
properties, other than Antamina, Elkview, Fording River, Greenhills, Coal
Mountain, Line Creek and Cardinal River (the “Estimates”) and to the use of the
Estimates, or portions thereof, in the following instances:

 

(a)                                  In  Teck Cominco Limited’s  Annual
Information Form dated February 26, 2007 (the “AIF”) under the heading “MINERAL
RESERVES AND RESOURCES – Mineral Reserves at December 31, 2006”; and

 

(b)                                 In the AIF under the
heading “MINERAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES – Mineral Resources at December 31, 2006”.

 

I also consent to the use of my name and references to the Estimates,
or portions thereof, and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of
information derived from the Estimates in the Offer to Purchase and the
registration statement on Form F-8 filed with the United States 

 

 

Securities Exchange Commission on July 17, 2007 of Teck Cominco
Limited (the “Registration Statement”).

 

I have read the Offer to Purchase and the Registration Statement of
Teck Cominco Limited and have no reason to believe that there are any
misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from
the Estimates or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of
the Estimates.

 

Yours truly,

 

/s/ PAUL C. BANKES

 

Paul C. Bankes, P.Geo

 

2Exhibit 4.5

 

[LETTERHEAD OF COMPANIA MINERA ANTAMINA S.A.]

 

July 17, 2007

 

British Columbia Securities Commission

Alberta Securities Commission

Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission

The Manitoba Securities Commission

Ontario Securities Commission

Autorité des marchés financiers

New Brunswick Securities Commission

Nova Scotia Securities Commission

Prince Edward Island Securities Office

Securities Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador

Yukon Registrar of Securities

Northwest Territories Registrar of Securities

Nunavut Registrar of Securities

Toronto Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

 

Dear Sirs:

 

	
  Re:

  	
  Teck Cominco Limited

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Consent of Expert

  	
   

  

 

In connection with the offer to purchase of Teck Cominco Limited  for all of the outstanding common shares of Aur Resources
Inc.  dated July 17, 2007 (the “Offer
to Purchase”), I hereby consent to the use of my name in connection with
references to my involvement in the preparation of the mineral reserve and
mineral resource estimates for Antamina (the “Estimates”) and to the use of the
Estimates, or portions thereof, in the following instances:

 

(a)                                  In  Teck Cominco Limited’s  Annual
Information Form dated February 26, 2007 (the “AIF”) under the heading “MINERAL
RESERVES AND RESOURCES – Mineral Reserves at December 31, 2006”; and

 

(b)                                 In the AIF under the
heading “MINERAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES – Mineral Resources at December 31, 2006”.

 

I also consent to the use of my name and references to the Estimates,
or portions thereof, and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of
information derived from the Estimates in the Offer to Purchase and the
registration statement on Form F-8 filed with the United States Securities
Exchange Commission on July 17, 2007 of Teck Cominco Limited (the
“Registration Statement”).

 

 

I have read the Offer to Purchase and the Registration Statement of
Teck Cominco Limited and have no reason to believe that there are any
misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from
the Estimates or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of
the Estimates.

 

 

Yours truly,

 

/s/ DAN GURTLER

 

Dan Gurtler, AIMM

 

2Exhibit 4.6

 

[LETTERHEAD OF ELK VALLEY COAL PARTNERSHIP]

 

July 17, 2007

 

British Columbia Securities Commission

Alberta Securities Commission

Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission

The Manitoba Securities Commission

Ontario Securities Commission

Autorité des marchés financiers

New Brunswick Securities Commission

Nova Scotia Securities Commission

Prince Edward Island Securities Office

Securities Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador

Yukon Registrar of Securities

Northwest Territories Registrar of Securities

Nunavut Registrar of Securities

Toronto Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

 

Dear Sirs:

 

	
  Re:

  	
  Teck Cominco Limited

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Consent of Expert

  	
   

  

 

In connection with the offer to purchase of Teck Cominco Limited for
all of the outstanding common shares of Aur Resources Inc. dated July 17,
2007 (the “Offer to Purchase”), I hereby consent to the use of my name in
connection with references to my involvement in the preparation of the mineral
reserve and mineral resource estimates for Elkview, Fording River, Greenhills,
Coal Mountain, Line Creek and Cardinal River (the “Estimates”) and to the use
of the Estimates, or portions thereof, in the following instances:

 

(a)                                  In Teck Cominco
Limited’s  Annual Information Form dated February
26, 2007 (the “AIF”) under the heading “MINERAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES –
Mineral Reserves at December 31, 2006”; and

 

(b)                                 In the AIF under the
heading “MINERAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES – Mineral Resources at December 31, 2006”.

 

I also consent to the use of my name and references to the Estimates,
or portions thereof, and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of
information derived from the Estimates in the Offer to Purchase and the
registration statement on Form F-8 filed with the United States

 

 

Securities Exchange commission on July 17, 2007 of Teck Cominco
Limited (the “Registration Statement”).

 

I have read the Offer to Purchase and the Registration Statement of
Teck Cominco Limited and have no reason to believe that there are any
misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from
the Estimates or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of
the Estimates.

 

 

Yours truly,

 

/s/ Colin J. McKenny

 

Colin J. McKenny, P.Geol.

 

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