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             Gulf Resources, Inc. Appoints New Independent Director

  Brings expertise in building global brands and managing marketing divisions,
                       in addition to corporate governance

LOS ANGELES and SHENZHEN, China, October, 30, 2007 -- Gulf Resources, Inc. (the
"Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: GUFR - News) a leading producer of Bromine in
China, today announced the appointment of Mr. Richard E. Khaleel as an
independent board member who will also serve on the Company's Audit Committee.

Mr. Khaleel's career includes extensive experience as a chief marketing
executive. Most recently from 2004-2007, Richard served as Executive Vice
President & Chief Marketing Officer for The Bank of New York, where he helped
create and implement programs that significantly grew its institutional asset
servicing, wealth management, and asset management businesses. From 1996-2004,
Mr. Khaleel was Chief Creative Marketing Officer at Alliance Bernstein LP, where
he led development and execution of marketing programs as the firm grew from
$150 billion to $500 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining
Alliance in 1996, he was vice president of marketing at CNBC, where he
successfully re-launched the channel as the market leader for business news and
information. In addition, he served as president of the software division of
Scholastic, Inc. and has held senior positions at leading advertising agencies
managing global financial services and consumer products clients. He received a
degree in Political Science from Princeton and an M.B.A in Finance from New York
University.

About Gulf Resources, Inc.

Gulf Resources, Inc. operates through two wholly-owned subsidiaries: SCHC which
is engaged in manufacturing and trading Bromine and Crude Salt in China. Bromine
is used to manufacture a wide variety of compounds utilized in industry and
agriculture, and SYCI which manufactures chemical products utilized in oil & gas
field explorations and as papermaking chemical agents. For more information,
please visit http://www.gulfresourcesco.com .

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information
about Gulf Resources and its subsidiaries business and products within the
meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by
those rules. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their
entirety by this Cautionary Statement and the risks factors detailed in the
Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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For more information, please contact:

Company:

Gulf Resources, Inc.
Ethan Chuang
Tel: +1-714-858-1147
Email: Ethan@gulfresourcesco.com

Investors:

Matt Hayden
HC International, Inc.
Tel: +1-858-704-5065
Email: matt@haydenir.com
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