6-K 1 form6k_080609.htm REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
 



UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

Pursuant to Section 13a-16 15d-16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Dated: August 6, 2009

Commission File Number: 001-13184

 

TECK RESOURCES LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Suite 3300 – 500 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 0B3

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F                   Form 40-F   X    

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1).            

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):                                               

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 


 


 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

Teck Resources Limited

(Registrant)

 

 

 


Date: August 6, 2009

 

By:


/s/ KAREN L. DUNFEE

 

 

 

Karen L. Dunfee

Corporate Secretary




 

 


 

 

For Immediate Release

Date: August 6, 2009

09-29-TC

 

 

 

Teck Announces Proposed Sale of Morelos Gold Project

 

Vancouver – Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) (“Teck”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Gleichen Resources Ltd. (TSXV-GRL) (“Gleichen”) for the sale of Teck’s indirect 78.8% interest in the Morelos gold project in Mexico for US$150 million in cash plus Gleichen common shares that will constitute 4.9% of Gleichen’s issued and outstanding shares as at closing. Completion of the transaction is subject to a financing condition in favour of Gleichen, to completion of legal and financial due diligence, and to other customary terms and conditions. Teck expects the transaction to close in the fourth quarter.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward-looking information as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario). Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Teck to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements concerning the proposed sale of Teck’s interest in the Morelos project to Gleichen. These forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties and actual results may vary materially. These statements are based on a number of assumptions, including, among others, assumptions regarding the satisfaction of the conditions to the completion of the proposed transaction with Gleichen. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive. Events or circumstances could cause actual results to differ materially.

Factors that may cause actual results to vary include, but are not limited to, risks relating to the settlement of definitive documentation and the fulfillment of other conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the amended bridge and term facilities and other risk factors as detailed from time to time in Teck’s reports filed with Canadian securities administrators.

Certain of these risks are described in more detail in the annual information form of Teck and in its public filings with Canadian securities administrators. Teck does not assume the obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements after the date of this document or to revise them to reflect the occurrence of future unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.


 



 

 

About Teck

Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, metallurgical coal, zinc, gold and energy. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TCK.A and TCK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TCK. Further information about Teck can be found at www.teck.com.


 

For further information, please contact:

Greg Waller

Vice President, Investor Relations & Strategic Analysis

Teck Resources Limited

(604) 699-4014

 

 

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