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(Expressed in U.S.
−Removed: September 30, 2021
+Added: March 31, 2022
December 31, 2021
Current Assets
+Added: $ 105,661,999
Accounts receivable
14 unchanged sentences
Current Liabilities
−Removed: Accounts , other payable and accrued expenses
+Added: Payable and accrued expenses
Taxes payable-current
+Added: Amount due to a related party
Finance lease liability, current portion
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80,000,000 shares authorized;
−Removed: 10,515,307 and 10,043,307 shares issued;
−Removed: 10,469,477 and 9,997,477 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
+Added: 10,517,754 shares issued;
+Added: and 10,471,924 shares outstanding as of March 31 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
Treasury stock;
−Removed: 45,830 and 45,830 shares as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 at cost
+Added: 45,830 shares as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 at cost
Additional paid-in capital
1 unchanged sentence
Retained earnings appropriated
−Removed: Accumulated other comprehensive loss
+Added: Accumulated other comprehensive income
Total Stockholders’ Equity
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS AND
−Removed: COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
+Added: CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE
+Added: INCOME (LOSS)
(Expressed in U.S.
−Removed: Three-Month Period Ended September 30,
−Removed: Nine -Month Period Ended September 30,
−Removed: OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSE)
+Added: Three-Month Period Ended
+Added: OPERATING EXPENSE
Cost of net revenue
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( 4,181,389 )
−Removed: ( 19,294,860 )
−Removed: ( 12,694,271 )
Sales, marketing and other operating expenses
2 unchanged sentences
( 2,613,483 )
−Removed: ( 5,237,258 )
−Removed: ( 6,886,215 )
General and administrative expenses
1 unchanged sentence
( 1,736,250 )
−Removed: ( 8,150,769 )
−Removed: ( 7,297,010 )
−Removed: Other operating income (loss)
+Added: Other operating expense
Total operating expense
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( 8,540,667 )
−Removed: ( 32,727,178 )
−Removed: ( 26,922,137 )
−Removed: INCOME(LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS
−Removed: ( 2,733,818 )
+Added: LOSS FROM OPERATIONS
( 3,281,424 )
2 unchanged sentences
Interest income
−Removed: Other (income) expenses
−Removed: INCOME(LOSS) BEFORE TAXES
−Removed: ( 2,695,256 )
+Added: LOSS BEFORE TAXES
( 3,245,833 )
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$ ( 2,502,124 )
−Removed: NET INCOME(LOSS)
−Removed: $ ( 2,912,581 )
−Removed: $ ( 8,696,959 )
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS:
−Removed: NET INCOME(LOSS)
$ ( 119,946 )
5 unchanged sentences
$ ( 4,686,814 )
−Removed: INCOME(LOSS) PER SHARE:
+Added: LOSS PER SHARE:
BASIC AND DILUTED
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
−Removed: NINE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2022 AND 2021
(Expressed in U.S.
1 unchanged sentence
unappropriated
−Removed: Treasury Stock
−Removed: Additional Paid-In Capital
−Removed: Retained Earnings Unappropriated
−Removed: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(Loss)
−Removed: BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 2021 ( Una udited)
−Removed: Restricted shares
−Removed: Translation adjustment
−Removed: Net income for three-month period ended September 30, 2021
−Removed: BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
−Removed: comprehensive
−Removed: unappropriated
−Removed: BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 2020 ( Una udited)
+Added: BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2021 (Audited)
$ ( 510,329 )
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$ 286,639,217
−Removed: Restricted shares issued for services
Translation adjustment
−Removed: Net loss for three-month period ended September 30, 2020
−Removed: ( 2,912,581 )
−Removed: ( 2,912,581 )
−Removed: BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 (Unaudited)
+Added: Net loss for three-month period
+Added: ended March 31, 2022
+Added: BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2022
$ ( 510,329 )
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BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2020 (Audited)
−Removed: Restricted shares
−Removed: Translation adjustment
−Removed: Net income for nine-month period ended September 30, 2021
−Removed: BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
−Removed: comprehensive
−Removed: unappropriated
−Removed: BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2019 (Audited)
$ ( 510,329 )
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$ 277,024,273
−Removed: $ 263,107,100
−Removed: Restricted shares issued for services
Translation adjustment
−Removed: Net loss for nine-month period ended September 30, 2020
( 2,184,690 )
( 2,184,690 )
−Removed: BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 (Unaudited)
+Added: Net loss for three-month period
+Added: ended March 31, 2021
( 2,502,124 )
( 2,502,124 )
+Added: BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2021
$ ( 510,329 )
$ 148,886,232
+Added: $ 272,337,459
See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Treasury Stock
+Added: Additional Paid-In Capital
+Added: Retained Earnings Unappropriated
+Added: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
GULF RESOURCES, INC.
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(Expressed in U.S.
−Removed: Nine-Month Period Ended September 30,
+Added: Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
−Removed: Net income(loss)
$ ( 119,946 )
−Removed: Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
−Removed: Interest on finance lease obligation
+Added: $ ( 2,502,124 )
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
+Added: Interest on capital lease obligation
Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Unrealized exchange gain on translation of inter-company balances
+Added: Unrealized exchange (gain) loss on translation of inter-company balances
Deferred tax asset
−Removed: ( 1,712,229 )
Common stock issued for services
−Removed: Issuance of stock options to employee
Changes in assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable
−Removed: ( 6,890,373 )
−Removed: ( 2,273,999 )
Prepayments and deposits
−Removed: ( 2,744,904 )
Other receivables
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Prepaid land leases
−Removed: Operating lease
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) by operating activities
+Added: Operating leases
+Added: ( 1,258,066 )
+Added: Net cash provided by operating activities
CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
−Removed: ( 8,560,152 )
−Removed: ( 9,860,142 )
Net cash used in investing activities
−Removed: ( 8,560,152 )
−Removed: ( 9,860,142 )
−Removed: CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES
−Removed: Repayment of finance lease obligation
−Removed: Net cash used in financing activities
−Removed: EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
−Removed: NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
−Removed: ( 4,678,174 )
+Added: EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES
+Added: ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
+Added: NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - BEGINNING OF PERIOD
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - END OF PERIOD
−Removed: SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
−Removed: Cash paid during the periods for:
−Removed: Operating right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations
−Removed: SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
+Added: $ 105,661,999
See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
(Expressed in U.S.
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of Presentation and Consolidation
−Removed: The accompanying condensed financial statements
−Removed: have been prepared by Gulf Resources, Inc.
−Removed: (“Gulf Resources”).
−Removed: a Nevada corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the
−Removed: “Company”), without audit, in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and, therefore, do not necessarily include all
−Removed: information and footnotes necessary for a fair statement of its financial position, results of operations and cash flows in accordance
−Removed: with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”).
−Removed: In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial
−Removed: information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 presented reflects all adjustments,
−Removed: which are only normal and recurring, necessary for a fair statement of results of operations, financial position and cash flows.
−Removed: condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report
−Removed: on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Operating results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of
−Removed: operating results for an entire fiscal year.
−Removed: The preparation of financial statements in conformity
−Removed: with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts that are reported in the financial statements
−Removed: and accompanying disclosures.
−Removed: Although these estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions that
−Removed: the Company may undertake in the future, actual results may be different from the estimates.
−Removed: The Company also exercises judgments in the
−Removed: preparation of these condensed financial statements in certain areas, including classification of leases and related party transactions.
+Added: The accompanying audited consolidated financial
+Added: statements have been prepared by Gulf Resources, Inc.
+Added: (“Gulf Resources”), a Nevada corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively,
+Added: the “Company”).
The consolidated financial statements include
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Virgin Islands, which owns 100% of Hong Kong Jiaxing Industrial Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (“HKJI”).
−Removed: owns 100% of Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited ("SCHC") which owns 100% of Shouguang Yuxin Chemical Industry Co.,
−Removed: Limited (“SYCI”) and Daying County Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited (“DCHC”).
+Added: owns 100% of Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited (“SCHC”) which owns 100% of Shouguang Yuxin Chemical Industry
+Added: Co., Limited (“SYCI”) and Daying County Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited (“DCHC”).
All material intercompany
transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.
−Removed: Nature of Business
+Added: of the Business
The Company manufactures and trades bromine and
−Removed: crude salt through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited ("SCHC"), which is also planning
−Removed: to engage in seawater desalination technology research and service and to handle the import and export of goods and technologies within
−Removed: the scope permitted by the State.
−Removed: The Company also manufactures chemical products for use in the oil industry, pesticides, paper manufacturing
−Removed: industry and for human and animal antibiotics through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Shouguang Yuxin Chemical Industry Co., Limited ("SYCI")
−Removed: in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).
−Removed: DCHC was established to further explore and develop natural gas and brine
−Removed: resources (including bromine and crude salt) in the PRC.
−Removed: DCHC commenced trial operation in January 2019 but suspended production temporarily
−Removed: in May 2019 as required by the government to obtain project approval (see Note 1 (b) (iii) below).
−Removed: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization
−Removed: (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
−Removed: The duration and intensity of the impact of the COVID-19 and resulting disruption to the
−Removed: Company’s operations and financial position is uncertain.
−Removed: While our operations are currently not materially affected, it is unknown
−Removed: whether or how they may be affected if such a pandemic persists for an extended period.
−Removed: While not yet quantifiable, the Company believes
−Removed: this situation did not have a material adverse impact on its operating results in the first quarter of 2021 and will continue to assess
−Removed: the financial impact.
−Removed: The virus outbreak slightly delayed the commencement of the operations for Factory No.1, No.4, No.7, No.9, and it
−Removed: may also delay the approval for the remaining three factories include No.2, No.8 and No.10.
−Removed: It is, however, still unclear how the pandemic
−Removed: will evolve going forward, and we cannot assure you whether the COVID-19 pandemic will bring about significant negative impact on our
−Removed: business operations, financial condition and operating results, including but not limited to negative impact to our total revenues.
+Added: crude salt through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited (“SCHC”) and manufactures
+Added: chemical products for use in the oil industry, pesticides, paper manufacturing industry and for human and animal antibiotics through its
+Added: wholly-owned subsidiary, Shouguang Yuxin Chemical Industry Co., Limited (“SYCI”) in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).
+Added: DCHC was established to further explore and develop natural gas and brine resources (including bromine and crude salt) in the PRC.
+Added: business commenced trial operation in January 2019 but suspended production temporarily in May 2019 as required by the government to obtain
+Added: project approval (see Note 1 (b)(iii)).
+Added: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared
+Added: COVID-19 a pandemic.
+Added: The duration and intensity of the impact of the COVID-19 and resulting disruption to the Company’s operations
+Added: and financial position is uncertain.
+Added: While our operations are currently not materially affected, it is unknown whether or how they may
+Added: be affected if such a pandemic persists for an extended period.
+Added: While not yet quantifiable, the Company believes this situation did not
+Added: have a material adverse impact on its operating results in the year of 2021 and will continue to assess the financial impact.
+Added: outbreak slightly delayed the commencement of the operations for Factory No.1, No.4, No.7, No.9, and it may also delay the approval for
+Added: the remaining three factories No.2, No.8 and No.10.
(i) Bromine and Crude Salt Segments
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commenced commercial production on May 6, 2020.
−Removed: Pursuant to the notification issued on November
−Removed: 24, 2020 from the government of Shouguang City, all bromine facilities in Shouguang City had to be temporarily closed from December 25,
−Removed: 2020 until February 19, 2021 8:00 AM China Time.
−Removed: To comply with such notification, the Company temporarily stopped production at its bromine
−Removed: facilities in factory No.
−Removed: 9 during the aforesaid period and commenced production as scheduled on February 19,
+Added: The company is still waiting for governmental approval for factories
+Added: #2, #8, and #10.
+Added: To our knowledge, the government is currently completing its planning process for all mining areas including that for
+Added: prevention of flood.
+Added: As a result, we may be required to make some modifications to our current wells and aqueducts prior to commencement
+Added: of operations of these factories to satisfy the local government's requirements.
+Added: Nevertheless, the Company expects to receive approval
+Added: to open at least one and potentially more of its closed factories in 2022.
+Added: Pursuant to the notification issued from the government
+Added: of Shouguang City, all bromine facilities in Shouguang City had to be temporarily closed from December 28, 2021 until February 21, 2022.
+Added: To comply with such notification, the Company had temporarily stopped production at its bromine facilities during the aforesaid period
+Added: and resumed production as scheduled on February 21, 2022.
(ii) Chemical Segment
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which do not comply with the requirements of the safety and environmental protection regulations will be ordered to shut down.
−Removed: In December 2017, the Company secured from the
−Removed: government the land use rights for its chemical plants located at the Bohai Park and in June 2018, the Company presented a completed construction
−Removed: design draft and other related documents to the local authorities for approval.
−Removed: In January 2020, the Company obtained the environmental
−Removed: protection assessment approval performed by the government of Shouguang City, Shandong Province for the proposed new Yuxin chemical factory.
−Removed: With this approval, the Company is permitted to construct the new chemical factory and began the construction in the second quarter of
−Removed: The Company believes this relocation process will
−Removed: cost approximately $ 64 million in total.
−Removed: The Company incurred relocation costs comprising prepaid land lease, professional fees related
−Removed: to the design of the new chemical factory, and progress payment and deposit for the construction of the new factory building in the amount
−Removed: of $ 43,566,920 and $ 33,496,295 , which were recorded in the prepaid land leases and property, plant and equipment in the consolidated balance
−Removed: sheets as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
+Added: In December 2017, the Company secured from the government the land
+Added: use rights for its chemical plants located at the Bohai Park and in June 2018, the Company presented a completed construction design draft
+Added: and other related documents to the local authorities for approval.
+Added: In January 2020, the Company received the environmental protection
+Added: approval by the government of Shouguang City, Shandong Province for the proposed Yuxin Chemical factory.
+Added: The Company began the construction
+Added: on its new chemical facilities located at Bohai Marine Fine Chemical Industrial Park in June 2020 and basically completed the civil works
+Added: by end of June 2021.
+Added: 15, 2021, the company announced due to the supply chain issues as well as the electric restrictions in China,
+Added: the delivery of some equipment, the equipment installation and testing and beginning trial production at the chemical factory had been
+Added: On February 22, 2022, the company announced that discussions with the government have convinced management that the electricity
+Added: restrictions are being eased.
+Added: Accordingly, the Company has contacted its suppliers and will have the remainder of the equipment produced
+Added: and delivered, so the Company can complete installation and begin testing and trial production.
+Added: The Company estimates this relocation process
+Added: will cost approximately $ 69 million in total.
+Added: The Company incurred relocation costs comprising prepaid land lease, professional fees
+Added: related to the design of the new chemical factory, purchase of plant and equipment and construction costs and installation costs incurred
+Added: for the new chemical factory in the amount of $ 45,584,344 and $ 45,584,344 , which were recorded in the Property, plant and equipment in
+Added: the consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
(iii) Natural Gas Segment
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The Company plans to proceed with
−Removed: its applications for the natural gas and brine project approvals with related government departments until after the governmental planning
−Removed: has been finalized the land and resource planning for Sichuan Province.
+Added: its applications for the natural gas and brine project approvals with related government departments until the governmental planning has
+Added: been finalized.
(c) Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020,
−Removed: there were no allowances for doubtful accounts.
−Removed: No allowances for doubtful accounts were charged to the condensed consolidated statements
−Removed: of loss for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there
+Added: were no allowances for doubtful accounts.
+Added: No allowances for doubtful accounts were charged to the condensed consolidated statements of
+Added: loss for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
(d) Concentration
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The Company placed $ 105,661,999
−Removed: and $ 94,222,538 with these institutions as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
+Added: and $ 95,767,263 with these institutions as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
The Company has not experienced
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
(Expressed in U.S.
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Expenditures for new facilities or equipment, and major expenditures for betterment
−Removed: of existing facilities or equipment are capitalized and depreciated, when available for intended use, using the straight-line method at
−Removed: rates sufficient to depreciate such costs less 5% residual value over the estimated productive lives.
−Removed: All other ordinary repair and maintenance
−Removed: costs are expensed as incurred.
+Added: of existing facilities or equipment are capitalized and depreciated using the straight-line method at rates sufficient to depreciate such
+Added: costs less 5% residual value over the estimated productive lives.
+Added: All other ordinary repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.
Mineral rights are recorded at cost less accumulated
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Plant and machinery (including protective shells, transmission channels and ducts)
−Removed: Motor vehicles Motor Vehicles
+Added: Motor vehicles
+Added: Motor Vehicles
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
−Removed: Property, plant and equipment under the finance
−Removed: lease are depreciated over their expected useful lives on the same basis as owned assets, or where shorter, the term of the lease, which
+Added: Property, plant and equipment under the capital
+Added: lease are depreciated over their expected useful lives on the same basis as owned assets, or where shorter, the term of the lease.
Producing oil and gas properties are depreciated
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Common facilities that are built specifically to service production
−Removed: directly attributed to designate oil and gas properties are depreciated based on the proved developed reserves of the respective oil and
−Removed: gas properties on a pro-rata basis.
−Removed: Common facilities that are not built specifically to service identified oil and gas properties are
−Removed: depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives.
−Removed: Costs associated with significant development projects are
−Removed: not depreciated until commercial production commences and the reserves related to those costs are excluded from the calculation of depreciation.
+Added: directly attributed to designated oil and gas properties are depreciated based on the proved developed reserves of the respective oil
+Added: and gas properties on a pro-rata basis.
+Added: Common facilities that are not built specifically to service identified oil and gas properties
+Added: are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives.
+Added: Costs associated with significant development projects
+Added: are not depreciated until commercial production commences and the reserves related to those costs are excluded from the calculation of
+Added: depreciation.
(f) Retirement
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The required contributions
−Removed: under the retirement plans are charged to the condensed consolidated statement of loss on an accrual basis when they are due.
+Added: under the retirement plans are charged to the condensed consolidated statement of income on an accrual basis when they are due.
The Company’s
−Removed: contributions totaled $ 186,074 and $ 52,325 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and totaled $ 653,664
−Removed: and $ 236,271 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: contributions totaled $ 201,265 and $ 246,622 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Net revenue is net of discount and value added
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
(Expressed in U.S.
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their estimated salvage value in connection with the decision to dispose of such assets.
−Removed: For the three and nine months period ended September
−Removed: 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company determined that there were no events or circumstances indicating possible impairment of its long-lived
−Removed: and Diluted Earnings per Share of Common Stock
+Added: For the three-month period ended March 31, 2022
+Added: and 2021, the Company determined that there were no events or circumstances indicating possible additional impairment of its long-lived
+Added: and Diluted Net Income per Share of Common Stock
Basic earnings per common share are based on the
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Anti-dilutive common stock equivalents which were excluded from
−Removed: the calculation of number of dilutive common stock equivalents amounted to 0 and 36,443 shares for the three-month period ended September
−Removed: 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and amounted to 20,901 and 74,864 shares for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 and 2020,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: These awards could be dilutive in the future if the market price of the common stock increases and is greater than the exercise
−Removed: price of these awards.
+Added: the calculation of number of dilutive common stock equivalents amounted to 0 and 62,704 shares for the three-month periods ended March
+Added: 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: Because the Company reported a net loss for the
+Added: three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, common stock equivalents including stock options and warrants were anti-dilutive, therefore
+Added: the amounts reported for basic and diluted loss per share were the same.
GULF RESOURCES, INC.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
(Expressed in U.S.
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Adjustments resulting from the translation of the balance sheets of the Company’s
−Removed: PRC subsidiaries are recorded in stockholders’ equity as part of accumulated other comprehensive loss.
−Removed: The statement of loss and
−Removed: comprehensive loss is translated at average rate during the reporting period.
+Added: PRC subsidiaries are recorded in stockholders’ equity as part of accumulated other comprehensive income.
+Added: The statement of income
+Added: and comprehensive income is translated at average rate during the reporting period.
Gains or losses resulting from transactions in currencies
−Removed: other than the functional currencies are recognized in net loss for the reporting periods as part of general and administrative expense.
+Added: other than the functional currencies are recognized in net income for the reporting periods as part of general and administrative expense.
The statement of cash flows is translated at average rate during the reporting period, with the exception of the consideration paid for
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ROU assets and liabilities arising from lease arrangements with lease term of twelve months or less.
+Added: GULF RESOURCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
+Added: (Expressed in U.S.
+Added: NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND
+Added: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – Continued
(n) Stock-based Compensation
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Interests and penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits are included within the (benefit from) provision for income
−Removed: tax in the consolidated statement of income (loss).
+Added: tax in the consolidated statement of profit (loss).
Accounting Pronouncements
Recent accounting pronouncements adopted
−Removed: There were no recent accounting pronouncements adopted during the nine
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2021.
+Added: There were no recent accounting pronouncements adopted during the three
+Added: months ended March 31, 2022.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.
−Removed: The amendments in this
−Removed: Update affect loans, debt securities, trade receivables, and any other financial assets that have the contractual right to receive cash.
−Removed: The ASU requires an entity to recognize expected credit losses rather than incurred losses for financial assets.
−Removed: For public entities,
−Removed: the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: For the Company which is a smaller reporting company, ASU No.
−Removed: 2019-10 extends the effective dates for two years.
−Removed: The Company is currently
−Removed: evaluating the effect of this on the condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosure.
+Added: 2016-13, Financial Instruments
+Added: – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.
+Added: The amendments in this Update affect loans,
+Added: debt securities, trade.
GULF RESOURCES, INC.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
(Expressed in U.S.
+Added: NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY
+Added: OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – Continued
+Added: receivables, and any other financial assets that have the contractual
+Added: right to receive cash.
+Added: The ASU requires an entity to recognize expected credit losses rather than incurred losses for financial assets.
+Added: For public entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within
+Added: those fiscal years.
+Added: For the Company which is a smaller reporting company, ASU No.
+Added: 2019-10 extends the effective dates for two years.
+Added: Company is currently evaluating the effect of this on the condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosure.
NOTE 2 – INVENTORIES
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There was no allowance for slow-moving inventories
−Removed: as of September 30, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: as of March 31, 2022 and 2021.
NOTE 3 – PREPAID LAND LEASES
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The lease term expires on August 12,
−Removed: The amount paid was recorded as prepaid land leases, net of current portion in the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30
+Added: The amount paid was recorded as prepaid land leases, net of current portion in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31 2022
and December 31, 2021.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the prepaid land lease increased to $ 10,194,743 due to an additional amount paid
−Removed: for stamp duty and related land use rights fees.
−Removed: Amortization of this prepaid land lease will commence when the chemical factory is built
−Removed: and placed in service.
−Removed: In June 2021, the civil works had basically been completed for its
−Removed: new chemical factory.
−Removed: But due to the recent supply chain issues as well as the electric restrictions , the delivery of some equipment
−Removed: ,the installation, timing of testing and beginning trial production at the chemical factory will be delayed.
−Removed: At this time, the Company
−Removed: is not in a position to determine the extent of the delays, but it will keep shareholders advised.
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, the prepaid land lease increased to $ 10,419,032 due to an additional amount paid for stamp
+Added: duty and related land use rights fees.
+Added: Amortization of this prepaid land lease will commence when the chemical factory is built and placed
+Added: In June 2020, the construction of the new chemical
+Added: factory commenced and is expected to complete around June 2021.
GULF RESOURCES, INC.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
(Expressed in U.S.
1 unchanged sentence
Property, plant and equipment, net consist of the following:
−Removed: Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Schedule of Property, Plant
−Removed: and Equipment
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: Property, Plant and Equipment, Net -
+Added: Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment
Mineral rights
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( 123,229,974 )
−Removed: ( 18,641,596 )
Net book value
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The aggregate carrying
−Removed: values of these properties situated on parcels of the land are $ 18,061,432 and $ 19,302,600 as at September 30, 2021 and December 31,
+Added: values of these properties situated on parcels of the land are $ 17,526,711 and $ 17,911,910 as at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021,
respectively.
−Removed: During the three-month period ended September 30, 2021, depreciation
−Removed: and amortization expense totaled $ 4,090,343 of which $ 730,729 , $ 167,761 and $ 3,191,853 were recorded in direct labor and factory overheads
−Removed: incurred during plant shutdown , administrative expenses and cost of net
−Removed: During the same period in 2020, depreciation and amortization
−Removed: expense totaled $ 4,347,139 of which $ 1,025,344 , $ 203,149 and $ 3,118,646 were recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during
−Removed: plant shutdown , administrative expenses and cost of net revenue .
−Removed: During the nine-month period ended September 30,
−Removed: 2021 , depreciation and amortization expense totaled $ 12,312,345 of which
−Removed: $ 3,305,955 , $ 494,862 and $ 8,511,528 were recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown ,
−Removed: administrative expenses and cost of net revenue .
−Removed: During the same period
−Removed: of 2020 , depreciation and amortization expense totaled $ 11,903,728 of which
−Removed: $ 4,771,228 , $ 602,968 and $ 6,529,532 were recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown ,
−Removed: administrative expenses and cost of net revenue .
+Added: During the three-month period ended March 31,
+Added: 2022, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $ 5,001,619 , of which $ 1,761,068 , $ 1,197,687 and $ 2,042,864 were recorded in direct
+Added: labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown, administrative expenses and cost of net revenue, respectively.
+Added: During the three-month period ended March 31,
+Added: 2021, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $ 4,102,929 , of which $ 1,816,782 , $ 163,233 and $ 2,122,914 were recorded in direct
+Added: labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown, administrative expenses and cost of net revenue, respectively.
NOTE 5 – FINANCE LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS
−Removed: Property, plant and equipment under finance leases, net consist of
−Removed: the following:
+Added: Property, plant and equipment under finance lease, net consist of the
Finance Lease Right-Of-Use Assets - Schedule of Property,
Plant and Equipment Under Finance Leases
−Removed: September 30,
Buildings Buildings
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certificates over these buildings as the Company could not obtain land use rights certificates on the underlying parcels of land.
−Removed: During the three and nine months period
−Removed: ended September 30, 2021, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $ 1,431
−Removed: and $ 4,293 , respectively, which was recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown.
−Removed: During the three and nine months period
−Removed: ended September 30, 2020, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $ 1,339
−Removed: and $ 3,974 , respectively, which was recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown.
+Added: During the three-month period ended March 31,
+Added: 2022, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $ 1,459 , which was recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant
+Added: During the three-month period ended March 31, 2021, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $ 1,428 , which was recorded
+Added: in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown.
GULF RESOURCES, INC.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
(Expressed in U.S.
−Removed: NOTE 6 – OPERATING LEASE RIGHT–OF
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the total operating
−Removed: lease ROU assets was $ 8,328,584 .
−Removed: The total operating lease cost for the three-month period ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $ 240,699
−Removed: and $ 211,242 .
−Removed: The total operating lease cost for the nine-month
−Removed: period ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $ 721,994 and $ 647,351 .
+Added: NOTE 6 – OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF USE ASSETS
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, the total operating lease
+Added: ROU assets was $ 9,562,685 .
+Added: The total operating lease cost for the three-month
+Added: period ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $ 258,398 and $ 240,150 , respectively.
The Company has the rights to use certain parcels
−Removed: of land located in Shouguang, the PRC, through lease agreements signed with local townships or the government authority (See Note 3).
−Removed: For parcels of land that are collectively owned by local townships, the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates.
−Removed: of land of which the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates covers a total of approximately 38.6 square kilometers of aggregate
−Removed: carrying value of $ 7,973,128 as at September 30, 2021.
−Removed: NOTE 7 – ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, OTHER PAYABLE
−Removed: AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
−Removed: Accounts payable, other payable and accrued expenses
+Added: of land located in Shouguang, the PRC, through lease agreements signed with local townships or the government authority.
+Added: For parcels of
+Added: land that are collectively owned by local townships, the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates.
+Added: The parcels of land of which
+Added: the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates covers a total of approximately 38.6 square kilometers of aggregate carrying value
+Added: of $ 10,486,921 as at March 31, 2022.
+Added: NOTE 7 – ACCOUNTS AND OTHER PAYABLE AND
+Added: ACCRUED EXPENSES
+Added: Accounts and other payable and accrued expenses
consist of the following:
−Removed: Accounts Payable, Other Payable and Accrued
+Added: Accounts and Other Payable and Accrued
Expenses - Schedule of Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
−Removed: September 30,
Accounts payable
Salary payable
−Removed: Social security insurance contribution payable
Other payable-related party (see Note 8)
−Removed: Deposit on subscription of a subsidiary’s share
−Removed: Accrued expense-construction
+Added: Accrued expense for construction
Accrued expense-others
+Added: GULF RESOURCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
+Added: (Expressed in U.S.
NOTE 8 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
−Removed: On September 25, 2012, the Company purchased
−Removed: five floors of a commercial building in the PRC, through SYCI, from Shandong Shouguang Vegetable Seed Industry Group Co., Ltd.
−Removed: “Seller”) at a cost of approximately $ 5.7
−Removed: million in cash, of which Mr.
−Removed: Ming Yang, the Chairman of the Company, had a 99 %
−Removed: equity interest in the Seller.
−Removed: During the first quarter of 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with the Seller, a related
−Removed: party, to provide property management services for an annual amount of approximately $ 96,194
−Removed: years from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022 .
−Removed: The expense associated with this agreement for the three and nine months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2021 was approximately $ 24,048 and $ 71,926 .
−Removed: The expense associated with this agreement for the three and nine
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2020 was approximately $ 22,902 and $ 66,945 .
+Added: On September 25, 2012, the Company purchased five
+Added: floors of a commercial building in the PRC, through SYCI, from Shandong Shouguang Vegetable Seed Industry Group Co., Ltd.
+Added: (the “Seller”)
+Added: at a cost of approximately $ 5.7 million in cash, of which Mr.
+Added: Ming Yang, the Chairman of the Company, had a 99 % equity interest in the
+Added: During the first quarter of 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with the Seller, a related party, to provide property
+Added: management services for an annual amount of approximately $ 98,271 for five years from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022 .
+Added: associated with this agreement for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $ 24,568 and $ 23,735 .
+Added: NOTE 8 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS –
+Added: Related parties
+Added: Name of related parties
+Added: Chairman Of the Board
+Added: Chief Executive Officer
+Added: Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Chief Operating Officer
+Added: Amount due to related parties:
+Added: Considering that the Company has not performed
+Added: well in recent years, the Company and its executive officers mutually agreed and to returned all, or a portion of their cash compensation
+Added: earned for their services with the Company, which may be considered for future compensation should the Company improve its results of
NOTE 9 – TAXES PAYABLE
−Removed: September 30,
Land use tax payable
1 unchanged sentence
Land use tax payable
−Removed: NOTE 10 – LEASE LIABILITIES-FINANCE AND OPERATING
+Added: 10 – LEASE LIABILITIES-FINANCE AND OPERATING LEASE
The components of finance lease liabilities were
1 unchanged sentence
Lease - Schedule of Finance Leased Liabilities
−Removed: September 30,
Interest rate
2 unchanged sentences
Finance lease liability, net of current portion
−Removed: Interest expenses from capital lease obligations
−Removed: amounted to $ 32,015 and $ 32,211 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which were charged to the
−Removed: condensed consolidated statement of income (loss).
−Removed: Interest expenses from capital lease obligations amounted to $ 103,212 and $ 102,220
−Removed: for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which were charged to the condensed consolidated statement
−Removed: of income (loss).
−Removed: The remaining finance lease term at September 30, 2021 was 10 years.
+Added: Interest expenses from a finance lease liability
+Added: amounted to $ 33,622 and $ 35,538 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, were charged to the condensed
+Added: consolidated statement of loss.
The components of operating lease liabilities
−Removed: Lease Liabilities-Finance and
−Removed: Operating Lease - Schedule of Operating Leased Liabilities
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: Lease Liabilities - Finance and Operating
+Added: Lease - Schedule of Operating Leased Liabilities
Interest rate
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The weighted average remaining operating lease
−Removed: term at September 3 0 , 2021 was 21 years and the weighted average discounts
−Removed: rate was 4.89 %.
−Removed: Lease payments for the three-month period ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, were $ 68,467 and $ 60,987 .
−Removed: payments for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, were $ 848,660 and $ 765,288 .
+Added: term at March 31, 2022 was 20 years and the weighted average discounts rate was 4.89 %.
+Added: This discount rates used are based on the base
+Added: rate quoted by the People's Bank of China and vary with the remaining term of the lease.
+Added: Lease payment in the three-months ended March
+Added: 31, 2022 and 2021 was $ 257,879 and $ 204,951 .
Maturities of lease liabilities were as follows:
Lease Liabilities - Finance and Operating
−Removed: Leases - Schedule of Financing and Operating Lease Maturities
+Added: Lease - Schedule of Financing and Operating Lease Maturities
Financial lease
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Present value of net minimum lease payments
−Removed: GULF RESOURCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
−Removed: (Expressed in U.S.
NOTE 11 – EQUITY
Restricted Shares
−Removed: A restricted stock award (“RSA”) is an award of common
−Removed: shares that is subject to certain restrictions during a specified period.
−Removed: Restricted stock awards are independent of option grants and
−Removed: are generally subject to forfeiture if employment terminates prior to the release of the restrictions.
−Removed: The grantee cannot transfer the
−Removed: shares before the restricted shares vest.
−Removed: Shares of nonvested restricted stock have the same voting rights as common stock, are entitled
−Removed: to receive dividends and other distributions thereon and are considered to be currently issued and outstanding.
−Removed: The Company expenses the
−Removed: cost of the restricted stock awards, which is determined to be the fair market value of the shares at the date of grant, straight-line
−Removed: over the period during which the restrictions lapse.
−Removed: For these purposes, the fair market value of the restricted stock is determined based
−Removed: on the closing price of the Company's common stock on the grant date.
+Added: A restricted stock award (“RSA”) is
+Added: an award of common shares that is subject to certain restrictions during a specified period.
+Added: Restricted stock awards are independent of
+Added: option grants and are generally subject to forfeiture if employment terminates prior to the release of the restrictions.
+Added: The grantee cannot
+Added: transfer the shares before the restricted shares vest.
+Added: Shares of nonvested restricted stock have the same voting rights as common stock,
+Added: are entitled to receive dividends and other distributions thereon and are considered to be currently issued and outstanding.
+Added: expenses the cost of the restricted stock awards, which is determined to be the fair market value of the shares at the date of grant,
+Added: straight-line over the period during which the restrictions lapse.
+Added: For these purposes, the fair market value of the restricted stock is
+Added: determined based on the closing price of the Company's common stock on the grant date.
Retained Earnings – Appropriated
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reserve balance falling below 25% of the registered capital.
−Removed: The Statutory Common Reserve Fund as of September 30, 2021 for SCHC, SYCI
−Removed: and DCHC is 16%, 14% and 0% of its registered capital respectively.
+Added: The Statutory Common Reserve Fund as of March 31, 2022 for SCHC, SYCI and
+Added: DCHC is 16%, 14% and 0% of its registered capital respectively.
+Added: GULF RESOURCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
+Added: (Expressed in U.S.
NOTE 12 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
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of the 2007 Plan and applicable award agreement.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available
for grant of stock options and issuance under the 2019 Plan is 1,056,801 shares.
4 unchanged sentences
on the annualized historical stock price volatility of the Company, and the expected life is based on the historical option exercise pattern.
−Removed: For the three months ended September 30, 2021
−Removed: and 2020, total compensation costs for options issued recorded in the consolidated statement of loss were $ 0 .
−Removed: During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, there were
−Removed: no options granted to employees or non-employees.
−Removed: The following table summarizes all Company
−Removed: stock option transactions between January 1, 2021 and September 30, 2021.
+Added: For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and
+Added: 2021, total compensation costs for options issued recorded in the consolidated statement of loss were $ 0 .
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2022, there were no options
+Added: issued to employees or non-employees.
+Added: The following table summarizes all Company stock
+Added: option transactions between January 1, 2022 and March 31, 2022.
Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Stock
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Balance, January 1, 2022
−Removed: $3.57 - $7.27
+Added: Granted during the period
Exercised during the period
Expired during the period
−Removed: Balance, September 30, 2021
+Added: Balance, March 31, 2022
Stock Options and Warrants Outstanding and Exercisable
Weighted Average
−Removed: Outstanding at September 30, 2021
+Added: Outstanding at March 31, 2022
Exercise Prices
2 unchanged sentences
The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable
−Removed: as of September 30, 2021 was $ 4,710 .
−Removed: During the three and nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2021 and 2020, there were no options exercised.
+Added: as of March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $ 0 and $ 4,710 .
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2022 and
+Added: 2021, there were no options exercised.
GULF RESOURCES, INC.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
(Expressed in U.S.
2 unchanged sentences
of accounting for income taxes in accordance with FASB ASC 740-10.
+Added: If it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred
+Added: tax asset will not be realized, a valuation allowance is recognized.
States (“US”)
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No provision for the US federal income taxes has been made as the Company had no US taxable
−Removed: income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, and management believes that its earnings are permanently
−Removed: invested in the PRC.
+Added: income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, and management believes that its earnings are permanently invested in
Virgin Islands (“BVI”)
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Resources, Inc., was incorporated in the BVI and, under the current laws of the BVI, it is not subject to tax on income or capital gain
−Removed: Upper Class Group Limited did not generate assessable profit for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30,
−Removed: 2021 and 2020.
+Added: Upper Class Group Limited did not generate assessable profit for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
HKJI, a subsidiary of Upper Class Group Limited, was
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from Hong Kong.
−Removed: No provision for income tax has been made as it has no taxable income for the three-month and nine-month periods
−Removed: ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.
−Removed: The applicable statutory tax rates for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September
−Removed: 30, 2021 and 2020 are 16.5 %.
+Added: No provision for income tax has been made as it has no taxable income for the three-month periods ended March
+Added: 31, 2022 and 2021.
+Added: The applicable statutory tax rates for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 are 16.5 %.
There is no dividend withholding tax in Hong Kong.
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January 1, 2008 to its foreign investor(s) shall be subject to WHT at 5% effective tax rate.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020,
−Removed: the accumulated distributable earnings under the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP”) of PRC that are subject to WHT
+Added: As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the accumulated distributable
+Added: earnings under the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP”) of PRC that are subject to WHT are $ 140,728,940 and $ 140,006,862 ,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: Since the Company intends to reinvest its earnings to further expand its businesses in mainland China, its foreign invested
+Added: enterprises do not intend to declare dividends to their immediate foreign holding companies in the foreseeable future.
+Added: Accordingly, as
+Added: of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company has not recorded any WHT on the cumulative amount of distributable retained earnings
+Added: of its foreign invested enterprises that are subject to WHT in China.
+Added: As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the unrecognized WHT
are $ 5,963,592 and $ 5,932,051 , respectively.
−Removed: Since the Company intends to reinvest its earnings to further expand its businesses in
−Removed: mainland China, its foreign invested enterprises do not intend to declare dividends to their immediate foreign holding companies in the
−Removed: foreseeable future.
−Removed: Accordingly, as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company has not recorded any WHT on the cumulative
−Removed: amount of distributable retained earnings of its foreign invested enterprises that are subject to WHT in China.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021
−Removed: and December 31, 2020, the unrecognized WHT are $ 5,404,946 and $ 5,288,346 , respectively.
The Company’s income tax returns are subject
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in every four years.
−Removed: The tax returns for 2014 and 2018 have been examined, and there is no Hong Kong Profits Tax was charged.
−Removed: The components of the income tax benefit from
−Removed: continuing operations are:
−Removed: - Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense Benefit
−Removed: Three-Month Period Ended September 30,
−Removed: Nine-Month Period Ended September 30,
+Added: The tax returns for 2014 and 2018 are currently subject to examination.
+Added: The components of the provision for income tax
+Added: benefit (expense) from continuing operations are:
+Added: Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense Benefit
+Added: Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
Current taxes – PRC
−Removed: Deferred taxes
−Removed: ( 1,750,283 )
−Removed: ( 1,363,054 )
+Added: Deferred tax – PRC entities
+Added: Deferred taxes – US entity
Change in valuation allowance
Tax Expense Benefit
−Removed: $ ( 1,750,283 )
−Removed: $ ( 217,325 )
−Removed: $ ( 1,363,054 )
Significant components of the Company’s
−Removed: deferred tax assets and liabilities at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:
+Added: deferred tax assets and liabilities at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are as follows:
Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred
Tax Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: September 30,
Deferred tax liabilities
Deferred tax assets:
−Removed: Impairment on property, plant and equipment
−Removed: Impairment on prepaid land lease
Exploration costs
−Removed: Compensation costs of unexercised stock options
−Removed: Miscellaneous
PRC tax losses
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The increase in valuation allowance for the three-month
−Removed: period ended September 30, 2021 is $ 13,366 .
−Removed: The increase in valuation allowance for the three-month
−Removed: period ended September 30, 2020 is $ 971,844 .
−Removed: The increase in valuation allowance for the nine-month
−Removed: period ended September 30, 2021 is $ 71,292 .
−Removed: The increase in valuation allowance for the nine-month
−Removed: period ended September 30, 2020 is $ 782,697 .
+Added: period ended March 31, 2022 is $ 22,653 .
+Added: The decrease in valuation allowance for the three-month
+Added: period ended March 31, 2021 is $ 86,964 .
There were no unrecognized tax benefits and accrual
−Removed: for uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and no amounts accrued for penalties and interest for the three
−Removed: and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: for uncertain tax positions as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and no amounts accrued for penalties and interest for the three
+Added: months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
+Added: NOTE 14 – BUSINESS SEGMENTS
+Added: The Company has four reportable segments:
+Added: crude salt, chemical products and natural gas.
+Added: The reportable segments are consistent with how management views the markets served by
+Added: the Company and the financial information that is reviewed by its chief operating decision maker.
GULF RESOURCES, INC.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
(Expressed in U.S.
−Removed: NOTE 14 – BUSINESS SEGMENTS
+Added: NOTE 14 – BUSINESS SEGMENTS – Continued
An operating segment’s performance is primarily
3 unchanged sentences
are related to functional areas such as accounting, treasury, information technology, legal, human resources, and internal audit.
−Removed: Company believes that segment operating income, as defined above, is an appropriate measure for evaluating the
−Removed: operating performance of its segments.
+Added: Company believes that segment operating income, as defined above, is an appropriate measure for evaluating the operating performance of
+Added: its segments.
All the customers are located in PRC.
−Removed: September 30, 2021
−Removed: (external customers)
−Removed: (intersegment)
−Removed: Income(loss) from operations before income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: Income tax benefit(expense)
−Removed: ( 1,730,425 )
−Removed: ( 1,750,283 )
−Removed: ( 1,750,283 )
−Removed: Income (loss) from operations after income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Capital expenditures
−Removed: September 30, 2020
−Removed: (external customers)
−Removed: (intersegment)
−Removed: Income(loss) from operations before income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: ( 3,489,875 )
−Removed: ( 2,733,818 )
−Removed: Income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: Income (loss) from operations after income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: ( 3,489,875 )
−Removed: ( 2,951,143 )
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Capital expenditures
−Removed: * Certain common production overheads, operating
−Removed: and administrative expenses and asset items (mainly cash and certain office equipment) of bromine and crude salt segments in SCHC were
−Removed: split by reference to the average selling price and production volume of respective segment.
−Removed: GULF RESOURCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
−Removed: (Expressed in U.S.
−Removed: NOTE 14 – BUSINESS SEGMENTS – Continued
−Removed: September 30, 2021
+Added: Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2022
(external customers)
(intersegment)
−Removed: Income(loss) from operations before income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: ( 1,026,647 )
−Removed: ( 2,022,828 )
−Removed: ( 3,662,061 )
−Removed: Income tax benefit(expense)
−Removed: ( 2,084,253 )
−Removed: ( 1,363,054 )
−Removed: ( 1,363,054 )
−Removed: Income (loss) from operations after income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: ( 1,558,505 )
−Removed: ( 3,662,061 )
+Added: Loss from operations before income benefit
+Added: Income tax benefit
+Added: Loss from operations after income taxes(benefit)
Depreciation and amortization
Capital expenditures
−Removed: September 30, 2020
+Added: Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2021
(external customers)
(intersegment)
−Removed: Loss from operations before income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: ( 2,383,260 )
−Removed: ( 2,609,332 )
−Removed: ( 2,038,938 )
−Removed: ( 7,182,196 )
−Removed: ( 3,340,603 )
−Removed: ( 10,522,799 )
−Removed: Income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: Loss from operations after income tax benefit (expense)
+Added: Loss from operations before income benefit
( 1,279,565 )
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( 3,281,424 )
+Added: Income tax benefit
+Added: Loss from operations after income taxes(benefit)
( 2,346,697 )
4 unchanged sentences
and administrative expenses and asset items (mainly cash and certain office equipment) of bromine and crude salt segments in SCHC were
−Removed: split by reference to the average selling price and production volume of the respective segment.
+Added: split by reference to the average selling price and production volume of respective segment.
GULF RESOURCES, INC.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
+Added: MARCH 31, 2022
(Expressed in U.S.
NOTE 14 – BUSINESS SEGMENTS – Continued
−Removed: Three-Month Period Ended September 30,
−Removed: Nine-Month Period Ended September 30,
+Added: Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
Reconciliations
−Removed: Total segment operating income (loss)
−Removed: $ ( 7,182,196 )
+Added: Total segment operating loss
Corporate costs
−Removed: ( 2,459,213 )
−Removed: ( 3,378,774 )
Unrealized gain (loss) on translation of intercompany balance
−Removed: ( 1,030,662 )
Loss from operations
−Removed: ( 2,733,818 )
−Removed: ( 10,522,799 )
−Removed: Other income, net of expense
−Removed: Loss before taxes
−Removed: $ ( 2,695,256 )
−Removed: $ ( 10,408,710 )
−Removed: The following table shows the major customer(s)
−Removed: (10% or more) for the three-month period ended September 30, 2021.
+Added: Loss before income taxes
+Added: The following table shows the major customers
+Added: (10% or more) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022.
Business Segments - Schedule of
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Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited
−Removed: Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited
Shandong Brother Technology Limited
−Removed: The following table shows the major customer(s)
−Removed: (10% or more) for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited
−Removed: Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited
−Removed: Shandong Brother Technology Limited
−Removed: The following table shows the major customer(s)
−Removed: (10% or more) for the three-month period ended September 30, 2020.
−Removed: Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited
−Removed: Shandong Brother Technology Limited
−Removed: Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited
−Removed: Dongying Bomeite Chemical Company Limited
−Removed: Shandong Shouguang Shenrunfa Ocean Chemical Company Limited
−Removed: The following table shows the major customer(s)
−Removed: (10% or more) for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2020.
+Added: The following table shows the major customers
+Added: (10% or more) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021.
Chemical Products
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Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited
−Removed: Shandong Brother Technology Limited
Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited
−Removed: Dongying Bomeite Chemical Company Limited
+Added: Shandong Brother Technology Limited
Shandong Shouguang Shenrunfa Ocean Chemical Company Limited
−Removed: NOTE 15– CUSTOMER CONCENTRATION
−Removed: During the nine-month period ended September 30,
+Added: Dongying Bomeite Chemical Company Limited
+Added: 15 – CUSTOMER CONCENTRATION
+Added: During the three-month period ended March 31,
2022, the Company sold 49 % of its products to its top five customers.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, amounts due from these customers were
−Removed: $ 11,280,670 .
−Removed: During the nine-month period ended September 30,
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, amounts due from these customers were $ 7,115,008 .
+Added: During the three-month period ended March 31,
2021, the Company sold 74.5 % of its products to its top five customers.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2020, amounts due from these customers were
−Removed: $ 5,869,884 .
+Added: As of March 31, 2021, amounts due from these customers were $ 3,571,150 .
NOTE 16 – MAJOR SUPPLIERS
−Removed: During the nine-month period ended September 30,
+Added: During the three-month period ended March 31,
2022, the Company purchased 100 % of its raw materials from its top five suppliers.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, amounts due to
−Removed: those suppliers were $ 653,102 .
−Removed: During the nine-month period ended September 30,
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, amounts due to those
+Added: suppliers were $ 623,523 .
+Added: During the three-month period ended March 31,
2021, the Company purchased 100 % of its raw materials from its top five suppliers.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2020, amounts due to
−Removed: those suppliers were $ 610,816 .
+Added: As of March 31, 2021, amounts due to those
+Added: suppliers were $ 1,040,950 .
NOTE 17 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
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nature of these instruments.
−Removed: There were no material unrecognized financial assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2021
−Removed: and December 31, 2020.
+Added: There were no material unrecognized financial assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2022 and
+Added: December 31, 2021.
NOTE 18 – CAPITAL COMMITMENT AND OTHER SERVICE
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
+Added: The Company has no purchase commitments as of
+Added: March 31, 2022.
The following table sets forth the Company’s
−Removed: contractual obligations as of September 30, 2021:
+Added: contractual obligations as of March 31, 2022:
Capital Commitment and Other Service
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the next 25 to 36 months
−Removed: NOTE 19 – LOSS CONTINGENCIES
+Added: 19 – LOSS CONTINGENCIES
Settled Litigation
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waiting for approval from the higher authority.
−Removed: The Company is in the process of resolving the
−Removed: issues in connection with SCHC’s land use and planning diligently.
−Removed: The Company has been in discussions closely with the local government
−Removed: authorities with the help from Shouguang City Bromine Association to seek reliefs and, based on verbal confirmation by local government
−Removed: authorities, believes the administrative penalties imposed by the Bureau according to the Written Decisions are being re-assessed by local
−Removed: government authorities and may be revoked.
−Removed: Pursuant to a Written Application dated October 28, 2019 addressed to the Court by the Bureau,
−Removed: the Bureau withdrew its application for the enforcement proceedings regarding the administrative penalty imposed on Factory No.
+Added: The Company is in the process of resolving
+Added: the issues in connection with SCHC’s land use and planning diligently.
+Added: The Company has been in discussions closely with the
+Added: local government authorities with the help from Shouguang City Bromine Association to seek reliefs and, based on verbal confirmation
+Added: by local government authorities, believes the administrative penalties imposed by the Bureau according to the Written Decisions are
+Added: being re-assessed by local government authorities and may be revoked.
+Added: Pursuant to a Written Application dated October 28, 2019
+Added: addressed to the Court by the Bureau, the Bureau withdrew its application for the enforcement proceedings regarding the
+Added: administrative penalty imposed on Factory No.
+Added: 7, Factory No.
8 and Factory No.
−Removed: Pursuant to a written decisions of administrative ruling captioned (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No.
−Removed: 389 Zhi Yi, dated
−Removed: November 25, 2020, the Court orders to terminate the enforcement of the case captioned (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No.
−Removed: Production of
+Added: Pursuant to a written decisions of administrative
+Added: ruling captioned (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No.
+Added: 389 Zhi Yi, dated November 25, 2020, the Court orders to terminate the enforcement of
+Added: the case captioned (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No.
+Added: Production of Factory No.
7 was allowed to resume in April 2019.
−Removed: The Company received a notification from the Shouguang City Government in February
−Removed: 2019 informing the Company that Factory No.
+Added: received a notification from the Shouguang City Government in February 2019 informing the Company that Factory No.
9 have passed inspection and were approved to resume operation
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In view of the above facts and circumstances,
−Removed: the Company believes that it is not necessary to accrue for any estimated losses or impairment as of September 30, 2021.
+Added: the Company believes that it is not necessary to accrue for any estimated losses or impairment as of March 31, 2022.
NOTE 20 - SUBSEQUENT EVENT
−Removed: On October 20,2021 , the company updated investors
−Removed: on the impact of issues in the world and Chinese economy on its business operations.
−Removed: Bromine prices
−Removed: have risen substantially throughout the world and even more substantially in China.
−Removed: In the world market, shipping issues have disrupted
−Removed: As a result, China has been unable to import its normal share of bromine.
−Removed: With the shortage in supply and demand, prices of
−Removed: bromine have soared to the highest levels ever recorded.
−Removed: raw material price increases are lower than the bromine price increase, we believe this type of pricing should be good for our Fourth
−Removed: Quarter 2021 profitability.
−Removed: has no idea how long the current shortages will last, however, we will keep shareholders informed of any changes we have seen.
−Removed: and Chinese economies have been impacted by supply chain issues in many industries including the energy industry.
−Removed: Shipping shortages have
−Removed: disrupted delivery of many products throughout the world.
−Removed: China has also been impacted by shortages of energy.
−Removed: For example, in some regions
−Removed: of China, the government have restricted electrical usage, including Shouguang City.
−Removed: And some businesses under construction have been
−Removed: restricted from electrical usage in Shouguang City.
−Removed: The supply chain issues as well as the electric restrictions
−Removed: have delayed the production and delivery of some equipment to the Company‘s new chemical factory.
−Removed: In addition, the Company’s
−Removed: new Yuxin chemical factory has also been restricted from the electrical usage.
−Removed: This means the installation, timing of testing and beginning
−Removed: trial production at the chemical factory will be delayed.
−Removed: At this time, the Company is not in a position to determine the extent of the
−Removed: delays, but it will keep shareholders advised.
+Added: There was a wholly-owned subsidiary, Shouguang
+Added: Hengde Salt Industry Co.
+Added: LTD, was registered on April, 2022 in Shandong Province, China, for future crude salt production and trading.
+Added: At present, this subsidiary does not have any operations.
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