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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193805-09-001291
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090613
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090618
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090618

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GULF RESOURCES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000885462
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
		IRS NUMBER:				133637458
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-20936
		FILM NUMBER:		09898237

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CHEMING INDUSTRIAL PARK
		STREET 2:		UNIT - HAOYUAN CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
		CITY:			SHOUGUANG CITY, SHANDONG
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			262714
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(310) 470-2886

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		STREET 1:		CHEMING INDUSTRIAL PARK
		STREET 2:		UNIT - HAOYUAN CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
		CITY:			SHOUGUANG CITY, SHANDONG
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			262714

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DIVERSIFAX INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940331
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Chemicals. From 1992 through 1996, Mr. Ji worked as an assistant researcher at
the Drug Research Institute of Anhui Province. Mr. Ji taught and conducted
research at the China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) from 1996
until 2001, where he became an Associate Professor in 1999 and received a
doctorate degree in chemical engineering in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Ji
conducted post-doctorate research at the the Institute of Materia Medica,
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. From 2003
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announcing the appointment of independent director Ya Fei Ji.&#160;&#160;A copy
of the press release is&#160;&#160;furnished as Exhibit 99.1
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June 18, 2009</font> - Gulf Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: GFRE) (&#8220;Gulf Resources&#8221; or
the &#8220;Company&#8221;), a leading manufacturer of bromine, crude salt and specialty
chemical products in China, unanimously appointed Mr. Ya Fei Ji to serve as an
independent director on its Board of Directors, effective as of June 13,
2009.</font></div>
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has an academic career in medicinal chemistry that spans more than 20 years. He
obtained his doctorate degree in chemical engineering from the China University
of Mining &amp; Technology (Beijing), in September 2001 and has engaged in
medicinal chemistry research and served as an instructor at the East China
University of Science and Technology since December 2003.&#160;&#160;From
December 2001 until November 2003, he engaged in post-doctoral research at the
Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking
Union Medical College, one of the primary institutions for drug research in
China, focusing on chemical pharmaceutics. From November 1996 to November 2001
he conducted research on the drug synthesis process and taught at the China
University of Mining and Chemical Industry Institute of Applied Chemistry, where
he was appointed associate professor in 1999. From August 1992 to October 1996,
Mr. Ji worked as an assistant researcher engaged in new drug synthesis and
research on generic drugs. He earned a master&#8217;s degree in fine chemicals from
the East China University of Science and Technology in 1992.&#160;&#160;His
research has been published in more than 40 journals and industry publications
and he has applied for two patents for drug synthesis processes.</font></div>
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four are independent.</font></div>
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play a vital role as our chemical subsidiary works toward commercializing
pharmaceutical products that utilize bromine in their formulations,&#8221; said
Xiaobin Liu, Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Resources. &#8220;This appointment takes
us one step closer to meeting the corporate governance requirements to list our
shares on a senior stock exchange.&#160;&#160;This is a key priority for us, as
we believe listing on a senior exchange will provide increased liquidity, access
to a broader investor base and a valuation that better reflects the true value
of our company.&#8221;</font></div>
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Resources, Inc. operates through two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Shouguang City
Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited (&#8220;SCHC&#8221;) and Shouguang Yuxin Chemical Industry
Co., Limited (&#8220;SYCI&#8221;). The Company believes that it is one of the largest
producers of bromine in China. Elemental Bromine is used to manufacture a wide
variety of compounds utilized in industry and agriculture. Through SYCI, the
Company manufactures chemical products utilized in a variety of applications,
including oil &amp; gas field explorations and as papermaking chemical agents.
For more information about the Company, please visit
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statements in this news release 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. The
actual results may differ materially depending on a number of risk factors
including, but not limited to, the general economic and business conditions in
the PRC, future product development and production capabilities, shipments to
end customers, market acceptance of new and existing products, additional
competition from existing and new competitors for bromine and other oilfield and
power production chemicals, changes in technology, the ability to make future
bromine asset purchases, and various other factors beyond its control. 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. Gulf Resources undertakes no
duty to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this release.</font></div>
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