EXHIBIT 23.3
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January 23, 2007


United States Securities and Exchange Commission



Dear Sirs:

RE:      TECK COMINCO LIMITED
         CONSENT OF EXPERT

I hereby  consent to the use of my name and 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"),  or portions  thereof,  and to the inclusion or  incorporation by
reference  of  information  derived  from  the  Estimates  in the  registration
statement on Form S-8 of Teck Cominco Limited ("the Registration Statement").

I also  consent to the  references  to us under the heading  "Interest of Named
Experts and Counsel" in the Registration Statement.


    Yours truly,



/s/  William P. Armstrong, P. Eng.
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     William P. Armstrong, P. Eng