secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GULF RESOURCES, INC. (GURE)
CIK:        0000885462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193805-25-000641
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Gulf Resources Q1 net loss $4.6M, revenue up 23% to $1.6M; bromine prices spike 45%
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- Net loss per share ($0.40) vs. ($0.37); operating loss improved 13% to ($4.6M).
- Bromine revenue up 29% to $1.48M; 402 tonnes sold vs. 451; avg price $3,684/tonne (+45%).
- Crude salt revenue $122,578 (+5%); 4,733 tonnes sold; gross margin 50% vs. 60%.
- Cash fell to $8.5M from $10.1M at Dec 2024; net cash used in ops $1.58M.
- Management eyes chemical JV and natural gas talks in Sichuan; no immediate path to chemical profitability.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380525000641/0001193805-25-000641-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380525000641/e664498_8k-gulfresources.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193805-25-000641

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