EXHIBIT 32.1
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                   CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 1350,
                            AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


                             TECK COMINCO LIMITED

In connection  with the Annual Report of Teck Cominco  Limited (the "Company")
on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended  December  31, 2005 (the  "Report")  to
which this certification is an exhibit, I, Donald R. Lindsay,  Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.    The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
      15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.    The  information  contained  in the Report  fairly  presents,  in all
      material respects,  the financial condition and results of operations
      of the Company.


Date:  March 29, 2006                       /s/ Donald R. Lindsay
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                                            Donald R. Lindsay
                                            Chief Executive Officer