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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193805-09-001495
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090731
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090731
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090731

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	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:		09978225

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		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

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DIVERSIFAX INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940331
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July 31, 2009</font> - Gulf Resources, Inc. (OTC BB: GFRE) (&#8220;Gulf Resources&#8221; or
the &#8220;Company&#8221;), a leading manufacturer of bromine, crude salt and specialty
chemical products in China, today announced that the Company appointed Mr. David
Wong to serve as Vice President of Finance, effective August 1, 2009. His
responsibilities will include corporate consolidated financial reporting with
U.S GAAP compliance and reconciliation, financial planning and analysis, and
strategic communication with the investment community.&#160;&#160;Mr. Wong will
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business development.</font></div>
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has rich experience in corporate risk control and financial planning and
analysis. Since January 2007, he served as finance manager of the Asia Pacific
headquarters of a NYSE-listed, Fortune 500 diversified global manufacturing and
technology company, where he was primarily responsible for Sarbannes
Oxley&#160;&#160;compliance, system audits and risk management, internal
controls over risks as well as consolidated financial reporting. Prior to that,
he was regional finance manager of the South China Manufacturing division of the
same Fortune 500 company, where he was tasked with strengthening the internal
control system, applying corporate accounting principles and practices,
financial forecasting and budgeting. From June 2000 to December 2004, Mr. Wong
served as finance senior supervisor and finance assistant manager of the South
China Manufacturing division of a NASDAQ-listed electronics manufacturing
services provider based in Singapore.&#160;&#160;He graduated from Hunan
University with a major in International Accounting and he holds the following
certifications: Certified Management Accountant (USA), Certified Production
&amp; Inventory Management (USA), and China Certified Accountant. Mr. Wong is
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reporting, disclosure and planning,&#8221; said Xiaobin Liu, Chief Executive Officer
of Gulf Resources. &#8220;Not only are we are benefiting from his extensive experience
in financial planning and analysis, internal risk assessment and disclosure at
positions with leading multinational companies, but also from his outstanding
bilingual communication skills that will further enhance Gulf Resources&#8217;
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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.
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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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