SHANDONG, China, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Gulf Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: GURE) ("Gulf Resources" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of bromine, crude salt and specialty chemical products in China, today announced that the Company has provided a verification from a Provincial government agency which is a higher level agency than the local government entities that validated the Company's market leadership and number of facilities as disclosed in a press release issued by the Company on September 20, 2011. The management has provided copies of the following verification and a translation in a Form 8-K filing:

Light Industry Office of Shandong Province has certified that the Company's subsidiary, Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Co., Ltd, has 9 bromine production facilities. The company ranks first in its industry in Shandong Province by annual production capacity and volume.

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 http:// 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.


    Gulf Resources, Inc.                      CCG Investor Relations Inc.
    Helen Xu                                  Linda Salo, Account Manager
    Email: beishengrong@vip.163.com           Phone: +1-646-922-0894
    Web: http://www.gulfresourcesinc.cn       Email: linda.salo@ccgir.com

    Crocker Coulson, President
    Phone: +1-646-213-1915
    Email: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com
    Web: http://www.ccgirasia.com

SOURCE Gulf Resources, Inc.