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BREAKWATER RESOURCES $6.61 (Toronto symbol BWR; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (416-363-4798; www.breakwater.ca; Shares outstanding: 70.4 million; Market cap: $465.6 million; No dividends paid) (All figures reflect a 1-for-10 consolidation in June 2010) mainly produces zinc. The company operates the Myra Falls mine in B.C., the Mochito mine in Honduras and the Toqui mine in Chile. Breakwater’s shares have jumped 223.5% from $2 in July 2010, along with higher zinc prices. Zinc is now trading around $1.13 U.S. a pound, up 57% from $0.72 last June, largely on higher Chinese industrial demand. Higher zinc prices helped Breakwater earn $0.28 a share in the three months ended September 30, 2010. That’s a big improvement over the $0.10 a share it earned a year earlier. Cash flow was $0.40 a share in the latest quarter. On September 30, Breakwater held cash of $89.3 million, or $1.27 a share, and had just $6.5 million of long-term debt. Since then, the company has raised a further…