8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):  June 13, 2009

Gulf Resources, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-20936
(Commission File Number) 13-3637458
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Chenming Industrial Park, Shouguang City, Shandong, China 262714

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

+86 (536) 567-0008

(Registrant's telephone number including area code)

(Former Address)

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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors, Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

On June 13, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company by unanimous written consent appointed Ya Fei Ji as a director of the Company.  The Company and Mr. Ji have agreed that he will receive options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.20 per share for his first year as a director with the Company.

Mr. Ji graduated from East China University in 1992 with a Master’s degree in Fine 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 to the present, Mr. Ji has taught and conducted research at the East China University of Science and Technology.  Mr. Ji has published over 40 articles and has applied for two patents.

Mr. Ji has no family relationships with any of the executive officers or directors of the Company.  The have been no transactions in the past two years to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was or is to be a party, in which Mr. Ji had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 18, 2009, Gulf Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation issued a press release announcing the appointment of independent director Ya Fei Ji.  A copy of the press release is  furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits:

No.	Description
99.1	Gulf Resources, Inc. Press Release, dated June 18, 2009

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Gulf Resources, Inc.
Date:  June 18, 2009	By:	/s/ Xiaobin Liu
	Name:	Xiaobin Liu
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Gulf Resources, Inc., Press Release, dated June 18, 2009

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EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

Gulf Resources, Inc.                                                                            Rena Xiao                                                                            E-mail: renaxiao@gmail.com   Helen Xu E-mail: beishengrong@163.com CCG Investor Relations  Mr. Crocker Coulson, President Phone: +1-646-213-1915 E-mail: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com   Ms. Linda Salo, Financial Writer Phone: +1-646-922-0894 E-mail: linda.salo@ccgir.com Website: http://www.ccgirasia.com/

Gulf Resources Appoints New Independent Director

New York & Shandong Province, June 18, 2009 - Gulf Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: GFRE) (“Gulf Resources” or the “Company”), 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.

Mr. Ji 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 & 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.  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’s degree in fine chemicals from the East China University of Science and Technology in 1992.  His research has been published in more than 40 journals and industry publications and he has applied for two patents for drug synthesis processes.

Following this appointment, the Company’s Board of Directors has eight members, of which four are independent.

“We are pleased to welcome Mr. Ji to our Board of Directors. We believe that his strong academic background and breakthroughs in the field of medicinal chemistry will play a vital role as our chemical subsidiary works toward commercializing pharmaceutical products that utilize bromine in their formulations,” said Xiaobin Liu, Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Resources. “This appointment takes us one step closer to meeting the corporate governance requirements to list our shares on a senior stock exchange.  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.”

About Gulf Resources, Inc.

Gulf Resources, Inc. operates through two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited (“SCHC”) and Shouguang Yuxin Chemical Industry Co., Limited (“SYCI”). 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 & gas field explorations and as papermaking chemical agents. For more information about the Company, please visit www.gulfresourcesinc.cn

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain 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.