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| <schemaVersion> X0306 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 4 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2022-11-30 </periodOfReport> |
| <notSubjectToSection16> 0 </notSubjectToSection16> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0000885462 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> GULF RESOURCES, INC. </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> GURE </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001459700 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> Miao Naihui </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> LEVEL 11,VEGETABLE BUILDING, </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2> INDUSTRIAL PARK OF THE EAST CITY, </rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> SHOUGUANG CITY, SHANDONG </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> F4 </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 262700 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription> CHINA </rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> 1 </isDirector> |
| | | <isOfficer> 1 </isOfficer> |
| | | <isTenPercentOwner> 0 </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> 0 </isOther> |
| | | <officerTitle> COO & Secretary </officerTitle> |
| | | <otherText></otherText> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
| <nonDerivativeTable> |
| | <nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2022-11-30 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate> |
| | | <transactionCoding> |
| <transactionFormType> 4 </transactionFormType> |
| <transactionCode> S </transactionCode> |
| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
| </transactionCoding> |
| | | <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness> |
| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 80000 </value> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
| <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| </transactionAmounts> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 128115 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
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| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
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| | | </nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | </nonDerivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> On November 30, 2022, the Reporting Person and the Company entered into a stock repurchase agreement, pursuant to which the Company will repurchase from the Reporting Person 80,000 restricted shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0005 per share, based on $3.5931 per share, the closing price of the Company of November 30,2022 as reported by NASDAQ. The closing of the repurchase is expected to occur in December 2022 and subject to customary closing conditions. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Naihui Miao </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2022-12-01 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |