Private company

Breakwater Resources

Breakwater Resources was a mining company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On August 26, 2011 the company was acquired by Nyrstar.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • Industrymining1
  • HeadquartersToronto1

Breakwater Resources was a mining company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On August 26, 2011 the company was acquired by Nyrstar.2

Products and brands

  • zinc

Listed on Wikidata.1

Breakwater operated six mines:

Myra Falls mine in British Columbia

Langlois mine in Quebec

El Mochito mine in Honduras

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El Toqui mine in Chile

Nanisivik Mine closed in 2002

Bouchard-Hebert mine closed in 2005

From Wikipedia’s article on Breakwater Resources, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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