Teck raises more cash for debt repayments

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TECK RESOURCES LTD. $30 (Toronto symbol TCK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 487.1 million; Market cap: $14.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.9; SI Rating: Extra Risk) has agreed to sell two of its gold mines in Turkey to Alamos Gold Inc. (Toronto symbol AGI). Teck owns 60% of these mines; Fronteer Development Group Inc. (Toronto symbol FRG) owns the other 40%. Alamos will pay $40 million U.S., plus four million of its shares to Teck and Fronteer. Teck’s share of the cash is $24 million U.S. It will also get $21.9 million worth of Alamos shares, using the current share price. Teck will apply the cash to its $9-billion debt. Teck Resources is a buy. buy…