---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193805-26-000401"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GURE"
cik: "0000885462"
company_name: "GULF RESOURCES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:54:52.724428+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gulf Resources raises $1.04M via private placements; 274k shares at discounts up to 15%

## Summary
- Issued 274,000 shares (~18% of shares outstanding as of Dec 31, 2025) in four private placements from Jan–Mar 2026.
- Total proceeds of $1,035,880: Jan placement at 90% of 5-day avg, March placements at 85% of prior day close.
- Shares sold unregistered under Section 4(a)(2)/Regulation D; no underwriter or registration rights disclosed.
- Funds to be used for company operations and development; investors subject to 6-month transfer restriction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193805-26-000401
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GURE
- cik: 0000885462
- company_name: GULF RESOURCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380526000401/0001193805-26-000401-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380526000401/e665323_8k-gulfresources.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 937db8c2653761120f8fa22cac20d93af9ba1fb3
  claim: GULF RESOURCES, INC. entered into Private Placement Agreement with four individual investors valued at US$246,330 (effective 2026-01-26).
  evidence_excerpt: on January 26, 2026, March 5, 2026, March 19, 2026 and March 28, 2026, respectively, the Company entered into equity financing agreements (individually the “Private Placement Agreement”; collectively the “Private Placement Agreements”), with four individual investors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380526000401/0001193805-26-000401-index.htm

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