TORONTO, May 11, 2006 - Breakwater Resources Ltd. announced today that it will webcast, on a live, listen-only basis, its analyst conference call covering its financial and operating results for the period ended March 31, 2006, on Friday, May 12, 2006 commencing at 12:00 pm (EDT). The call will be hosted by George Pirie, President and Chief Executive Officer. You are cordially invited to listen to the audio webcast through http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast. After the broadcast, an archive of the webcast will be available on http://www.newswire.ca. Interested persons who are unable to connect to the webcast can listen to the conference call by dialing 1-800-218-8862 (North America only).

The Company's news release covering its first quarter financial and operating results for the period ended March 31, 2006 will be released after 5:00 p.m. (EDT) today, Thursday, May 11, 2006 and will be available on the Company's website at www.breakwater.ca.

The scheduled speakers on the conference call will be George E. Pirie, President and Chief Executive Officer, Richard R. Godfrey, Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Steve Hayes, Vice-President, Commercial. The conference call may include forward-looking statements.

The archived recording of the conference call will be available in North America until 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on May 21, 2006 and can be listened to by dialing 416-640-1917 or 1-877-289-8525 and entering the replay access code 21188912#.

Should you require further information please contact:

E. Ann Wilkinson

Vice President, Investor Relations

416-363-4798 Ext. 277

awilkinson@breakwater.ca