Toronto, Canada, March 7, 2005 ... Mr. Ned Goodman, the Chairman of the Board of

Directors of BREAKWATER RESOURCES LTD. (TSX – BWR) (the “Company”) is

pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Grant Edey as a director of the Company.

Mr. Edey has also been appointed to Chair the Audit Committee of the Company.

Mr. Edey brings a wealth of public company experience to the Company. He is the Chief

Financial Officer of IAMGold Corporation and has held positions with Repadre Capital

Corporation, Strathcona Mineral Services Limited, TransCanada Pipelines Limited,

Eldorado Nuclear Limited, Rio Algom Limited and INCO Limited.

Mr. Edey is a graduate of Ivey School of Business where he earned his M.B.A. and

Queen’s University where he majored in Mining Engineering.

Breakwater is a mineral resource company engaged in the acquisition, exploration,

development and mining of base metal and precious metal deposits in the Americas and

North Africa. Breakwater has four producing zinc mines: the Myra Falls mine in British

Columbia, Canada; the Bougrine mine in Tunisia; the El Mochito mine in Honduras; and

the El Toqui mine in Chile. The Company also owns the Langlois mine in Canada, which

is currently on a care and maintenance program and being prepared for the development

program to bring the mine back into production.

For further information please contact:

Garth A.C. MacRae

President and Chief Executive Officer

(416) 363-4798 Ext. 269

Priya Patil

Corporate Counsel and Asst. Corporate Secretary

(416) 363-4798 Ext. 275