UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

	For the quarterly period ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021

	Or

o	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

	For the transition period from _________ to _________

Commission File Number: 001-34499

GULF RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada		13-3637458
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Level 11,Vegetable Building, Industrial Park of the East City, Shouguang City, Shandong, ~~China~~		262700
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +86 (536) 567 0008

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol (s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0005 par value	GURE	NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer o	Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer ox	Smaller reporting company x
	Emerging Growth Company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes o No x

As of ~~August 15, 2020,~~May 17, 2021, the registrant had outstanding ~~9,517,427~~10,469,477 shares of common stock.

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Part I – Financial Information
	Item 1. Financial Statements	1
	Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	1719
	Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	2728
	Item 4. Controls and Procedures	28
Part II – Other Information
	Item 1. Legal Proceedings	2829
	Item 1A. Risk Factors	29
	Item 2. Unregistered ~~Sale~~Shares of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	29
	Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities	29
	Item 4. Mine Safety ~~Disclosures~~Disclosure	29
	Item 5. Other Information	29
	Item 6. Exhibits	29
Signatures		30

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

GULF RESOURCES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

	June 30, 2020 Unaudited			December 31, 2019 Audited			March 31, 2021 Unaudited			December 31, 2020 Audited
Current Assets
Cash	$	89,972,591		$	100,301,986		$	96,699,324		$	94,222,538
Accounts receivable		3,060,565			4,877,106			4,859,705			6,521,798
Inventories, net		523,628			690,087			576,607			419,609
Prepayments and deposits		2,930,094			1,332,970			2,449,526			6,146,461
Other receivable		559			559			559			559
Total Current Assets		96,487,437			107,202,708			104,585,721			107,310,965
Non-Current Assets
Property, plant and equipment, net		132,848,600			137,994,949			149,966,631			148,947,689
Finance lease right-of use assets		174,293			179,526			183,550			186,272
Operating lease right-of –use assets		8,429,714			8,817,884			8,662,972			8,868,661
Prepaid land leases, net of current portion		9,349,625			9,115,276			10,063,469			10,134,004
Deferred tax assets		17,498,544			15,940,642			19,131,925			18,590,227
Total non-current assets		168,300,776			172,048,277			188,008,547			186,726,853
Total Assets	$	264,788,213		$	279,250,985		$	292,594,268		$	294,037,818

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts , other payable and accrued expenses	$	1,086,958		$	1,106,048
Retention payable		—			3,805,483
Accounts and other payable and accrued expenses							$	8,549,889		$	5,081,701
Taxes payable-current		1,085,061			779,623			1,405,772			1,326,179
Finance lease liability, current portion		137,103			198,506			250,591			217,070
Operating lease liabilities, current portion		429,771			416,604			317,544			477,350
Total Current Liabilities		2,738,893			6,306,264			10,523,796			7,102,300
Non-Current Liabilities
Finance lease liability, net of current portion		1,740,882			1,905,772			1,875,592			1,888,903
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion		7,279,206			7,931,849			7,857,421			8,022,342
Total Non-Current Liabilities		9,020,088			9,837,621			9,733,013			9,911,245
Total Liabilities	$	11,758,981		$	16,143,885		$	20,256,809		$	17,013,545

Commitment and Loss Contingencies
							$	—		$	—
Stockholders’ Equity
PREFERRED STOCK; $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none outstanding	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
COMMON STOCK; $0.0005 par value; 80,000,000 shares authorized; 9,563,257 and 9,563,257 shares issued; and 9,517,427 and 9,517,427 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively		23,904			23,904
Treasury stock; 45,830 and 45,830 shares as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 at cost		(510,329	)		(510,329	)
COMMON STOCK; $0.0005 par value; 80,000,000 shares authorized; 10,043,307 shares issued; and 9,997,477 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively								24,139			24,139
Treasury stock; 45,830 shares as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 at cost								(510,329	)		(510,329	)
Additional paid-in capital		95,043,388			95,043,388			97,435,316			97,435,316
Retained earnings unappropriated		154,024,022			159,808,400			148,886,232			151,388,356
Retained earnings appropriated		24,233,544			24,233,544			24,233,544			24,233,544
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(19,785,297	)		(15,491,807	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income								2,268,557			4,453,247
Total Stockholders’ Equity		253,029,232			263,107,100			272,337,459			277,024,273
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity	$	264,788,213		$	279,250,985		$	292,594,268		$	294,037,818

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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GULF RESOURCES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ~~LOSS AND~~ COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(UNAUDITED)

	Three-Month Period Ended June 30,						Six-Month Period Ended June 30,						Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019			2021			2020

NET REVENUE
Net revenue	$	5,359,483		$	6,009,409		$	5,917,153		$	6,047,979		$	5,259,243		$	557,670

OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSE)
OPERATING EXPENSE
Cost of net revenue		(5,022,896	)		(2,990,330	)		(5,944,216	)		(3,026,737	)		(4,181,389	)		(921,320	)
Sales, marketing and other operating expenses		(10,838	)		(6,613	)		(13,081	)		(6,613	)		(9,545	)		(2,243	)
Direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown		(1,737,599	)		(2,875,285	)		(5,348,022	)		(7,168,307	)		(2,613,483	)		(3,610,423	)
General and administrative expenses		(1,541,702	)		(1,335,347	)		(2,385,039	)		(3,440,518	)		(1,736,250	)		(843,337	)
Other operating income (loss)		—			—			(15,776	)		—
Other operating expense														—			(15,776	)
		(8,313,035	)		(7,207,575	)		(13,706,134	)		(13,642,175	)		(8,540,667	)		(5,393,099	)

LOSS FROM OPERATIONS		(2,953,552	)		(1,198,166	)		(7,788,981	)		(7,594,196	)		(3,281,424	)		(4,835,429	)

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest expense		(34,888	)		(38,396	)		(70,316	)		(77,220	)		(36,862	)		(35,428	)
Interest income		71,188			132,873			145,844			268,452			72,453			74,656
LOSS BEFORE TAXES		(2,917,252	)		(1,103,689	)		(7,713,453	)		(7,402,964	)		(3,245,833	)		(4,796,201	)

INCOME TAX BENEFIT		672,633			365,983			1,929,076			1,761,120			743,709			1,256,443

NET LOSS	$	(2,244,619	)	$	(737,706	)	$	(5,784,377	)	$	(5,641,844	)	$	(2,502,124	)	$	(3,539,758	)

COMPREHENSIVE LOSS:
NET LOSS	$	(2,244,619	)	$	(737,706	)	$	(5,784,377	)	$	(5,641,844	)	$	(2,502,124	)	$	(3,539,758	)
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
- Foreign currency translation adjustments		221,869			(6,603,591	)		(4,293,490	)		(437,241	)		(2,184,690	)		(4,515,359	)

COMPREHENSIVE LOSS	$	(2,022,750	)	$	(7,341,297	)	$	(10,077,867	)	$	(6,079,085	)	$	(4,686,814	)	$	(8,055,117	)

LOSS PER SHARE:
BASIC AND DILUTED	$	(0.24	)	$	(0.08	)	$	(0.61	)	$	(0.60	)	$	(0.25	)	$	(0.37	)

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES:

BASIC AND DILUTED		9,517,427			9,442,815			9,517,427			9,413,683			9,997,477			9,517,427

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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GULF RESOURCES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

~~SIX-MONTH~~THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED ~~JUNE 30,~~MARCH 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

Common stock Accumulated
Number Number Number Additional Retained Retained other
of shares of shares of treasury Treasury paid-in earnings earnings comprehensive
issued outstanding stock Amount stock capital unappropriated appropriated Income(loss) Total

BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2020 (Unaudited) 9,563,257 9,517,427 45,830 $ 23,904 $ (510,329 ) $ 95,043,388 $ 156,268,642 $ 24,233,544 $ (20,007,166 ) $ 255,051,983
Translation adjustment — — — — — — — — 221,869 221,869
Net loss for three-month period ended June 30, 2020 — — — — — — (2,244,619 ) — — (2,244,619 )
BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Unaudited) 9,563,257 9,517,427 45,830 $ 23,904 $ (510,329 ) $ 95,043,388 $ 154,024,022 $ 24,233,544 $ (19,785,297 ) $ 253,029,232
Common stock Accumulated
Number Number Number Additional Retained Retained other
of shares of shares of treasury Treasury paid-in earnings earnings comprehensive
issued outstanding stock Amount stock capital unappropriated appropriated Income(loss) Total

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2020 (Audited) 10,043,307 9,997,477 45,830 $ 24,139 $ (510,329 ) $ 97,435,316 $ 151,388,356 $ 24,233,544 $ 4,453,247 $ 277,024,273
Translation adjustment — — — — — — — — (2,184,690 ) (2,184,690 )
Net loss for three-month period ended March 31, 2021 — — — — — — (2,502,124 ) — — (2,502,124 )
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2021 (Unaudited) 10,043,307 9,997,477 45,830 $ 24,139 $ (510,329 ) $ 97,435,316 $ 148,886,232 $ 24,233,544 $ 2,268,557 $ 272,337,459

Common stock Accumulated
Number Number Number Additional Retained Retained other
of shares of shares of treasury Treasury paid-in earnings earnings comprehensive
issued outstanding stock Amount stock capital unappropriated appropriated loss Total

BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2019 (Unaudited) 9,429,982 9,384,152 45,830 $ 23,573 $ (510,329 ) $ 94,997,819 $ 180,704,307 $ 24,233,544 $ (4,311,698 ) $ 295,137,216
Translation adjustment — — — — — — — (6,603,591 ) (6,603,591 )
Issuance of stock options to employees — 45,900 — — — 45,900
Cashless exercise of stock options 132,462 132,462 — 331 — (331 ) — —- — —
Net loss for three-month period ended June 30, 2019 — — — — — — (737,706 ) — — (737,706 )
BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 2019
(Unaudited)
9,562,444 9,516,614 45,830 $ 23,904 $ (510,329 ) $ 95,043,388 $ 179,966,601 $ 24,233,544 $ (10,915,289 ) $ 287,841,819
Common stock Accumulated
Number Number Number Additional Retained Retained other
of shares of shares of treasury Treasury paid-in earnings earnings comprehensive
issued outstanding stock Amount stock capital unappropriated appropriated Income(loss) Total

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2019 (Audited) 9,563,257 9,517,427 45,830 $ 23,904 $ (510,329 ) $ 95,043,388 $ 159,808,400 $ 24,233,544 $ (15,491,807 ) $ 263,107,100
Translation adjustment — — — — — — — — (4,293,490 ) (4,293,490 )
Net loss for six-month period ended June 30, 2020 — — — — — — (5,784,377 ) — — (5,784,377 )
BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Unaudited) 9,563,257 9,517,427 45,830 $ 23,904 $ (510,329 ) $ 95,043,388 $ 154,024,022 $ 24,233,544 $ (19,785,297 ) $ 253,029,232
Common stock Accumulated
Number Number Number Additional Retained Retained other
of shares of shares of treasury Treasury paid-in earnings earnings comprehensive
issued outstanding stock Amount stock capital unappropriated appropriated loss Total

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2018 (Audited) 9,410,588 9,360,758 49,830 $ 23,525 $ (554,870 ) $ 95,020,808 $ 185,608,445 $ 24,233,544 $ (10,478,048 ) $ 293,853,404
Translation adjustment — — — — — — — (437,241 ) (437,241 )
Common stock issued for services 4,000 (4,000 ) — 44,541 (22,941 ) — — — 21,600
Cashless exercise of stock options 151,856 151,856 — 379 — (379 ) — —- — —
Issuance of stock options to employees 45,900 45,900
Net loss for six-month period ended June 30, 2019 — — — — — — (5,641,844 ) — — (5,641,844 )
BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 2019
(Unaudited)
9,562,444 9,516,614 45,830 $ 23,904 $ (510,329 ) $ 95,043,388 $ 179,966,601 $ 24,233,544 $ (10,915,289 ) $ 287,841,819
Common stock Accumulated
Number Number Number Additional Retained Retained other
of shares of shares of treasury Treasury paid-in earnings earnings comprehensive
issued outstanding stock Amount stock capital unappropriated appropriated Income(loss) Total

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2019 (Audited) 9,563,257 9,517,427 45,830 $ 23,904 $ (510,329 ) $ 95,043,388 $ 159,808,400 $ 24,233,544 $ (15,491,807 ) $ 263,107,100
Translation adjustment — — — — — — — — (4,515,359 ) (4,515,359 )
Net loss for three-month period ended March 31, 2020 — — — — — — (3,539,758 ) — — (3,539,758 )
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2020 (Unaudited) 9,563,257 9,517,427 45,830 $ 23,904 $ (510,329 ) $ 95,043,388 $ 156,268,642 $ 24,233,544 $ (20,007,166 ) $ 255,051,983

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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GULF RESOURCES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)

Six-Month Period Ended June 30, Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
2020 2019 2021 2020
　　　　
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 　　　　
Net loss $ (5,784,377 ) $ (5,641,844 ) $ (2,502,124 ) $ (3,539,758 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Interest on finance lease obligation 70,009 76,940
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Interest on capital lease obligation 35,538 35,272
Depreciation and amortization 7,559,224 6,964,880 4,104,357 3,454,891
Unrealized exchange gain on translation of inter-company balances (382,331 ) (44,427 )
Unrealized exchange (gain) loss on translation of inter-company balances 104,812 (400,449 )
Deferred tax asset (1,929,553 ) (1,761,118 ) (743,709 ) (1,256,443 )
Common stock issued for services — 21,600 — —
Issuance of stock options to employee — 45,900
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Changes in assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable 1,807,547 (6,775,954 ) 1,637,800 4,245,576
Inventories 152,369 (457,780 (162,099 ) 523
Prepayments and deposits 32,807 (17,037 ) (71,888 ) 54,350
Other receivables — 1,631 — —
Accounts and Other payable and accrued expenses (9,284 ) 321,706 830,751 (41,562 )
Retention payable — — — —
Taxes payable 298,599 768,072 72,758 (18,999 )
Prepaid land leases (369,066 ) — — (369,066 )
Operating lease (268,192 ) (268,620 )
Net cash provided by (used in) by operating activities 1,177,752 (6,766,051 )
Operating leases 35,199 38,022
Net cash provided by operating activities 3,341,395 2,202,357

CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (9,860,142 ) (11,501,738 ) — (7,416,211 )
Net cash used in investing activities (9,860,142 ) (11,501,738 ) — (7, 416,211)

CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Repayment of finance lease obligation (264,976 ) (275,506 )
Net cash used in financing activities (264,976 ) (275,506 )

EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (1,382,029 ) (101,571 ) (864,609 ) (1,455,442 )
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (10,329,395 ) (18,644,866 )
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 2,476,786 (6,669,296 )
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - BEGINNING OF PERIOD 100,301,986 178,998,935 94,222,538 100,301,986
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - END OF PERIOD $ 89,972,591 $ 160,354,069 $ 96,699,324 $ 93,632,690

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Cash paid during the periods for:
Cash paid during the period for:
Income taxes $ — $ — $ — $ —
Operating right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations $ — $ 8,241,818 $ — $ —
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of Property, plant and equipment included in Payable and other accrued expense and Retention payable $ — $ 28,094,696
Par value of common stock issued upon cashless exercise of options $ — $ 379
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase in Property, plant and equipment transferred from Prepayment and deposits and included in Accounts and other payable and accrued expenses $ 6,199,214 $ —

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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GULF RESOURCES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
~~JUNE 30, 2020~~MARCH 31, 2021
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a)           Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The accompanying condensed financial statements have been prepared by Gulf Resources, ~~Inc.~~Inc (“Gulf Resources”). a Nevada corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), without audit, in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and, therefore, do not necessarily include all information and footnotes necessary for a fair statement of its financial position, results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”).

In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial information for the ~~three and six months~~quarter ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 presented reflects all adjustments, which are only normal and recurring, necessary for a fair statement of results of operations, financial position and cash flows. These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, ~~2019 (the “2019 Form 10-K”). .~~2020. Operating results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of operating results for an entire fiscal year.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts that are reported in the financial statements and accompanying disclosures. Although these estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions that the Company may undertake in the future, actual results may be different from the estimates. The Company also exercises judgments in the preparation of these condensed financial statements in ~~certain~~the areas including classification of leases and related party transactions.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Gulf Resources, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Upper Class Group Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, which owns 100% of Hong Kong Jiaxing Industrial Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (“HKJI”). HKJI owns 100% of Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited ("SCHC") which owns 100% of Shouguang Yuxin Chemical Industry Co., Limited (“SYCI”) and Daying County Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited (“DCHC”).  All material intercompany transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.

(b)           Nature of the Business

The Company manufactures and trades bromine and crude salt through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited ("SCHC") in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), which is also planning to engage in seawater desalination technology research and service and to handle the import and export of goods and technologies within the scope permitted by the State. The Company also manufactures chemical products for use in the oil industry, pesticides, paper manufacturing industry and for human and animal antibiotics through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Shouguang Yuxin Chemical Industry Co., Limited ("SYCI") in the ~~People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).~~PRC. DCHC was established to further explore and develop natural gas and brine resources (including bromine and crude salt) in the PRC. DCHC commenced trial operation in January 2019 but suspended production temporarily in May 2019 as required by the government to obtain project approval (see Note 1 (b)(iii) below).

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared ~~CoVID-19~~COVID-19 a pandemic, pointing to the over 118,000 cases of COVID-19 illness in over 110 countries and territories around the world and the sustained risk of further global spread. On May 8, 2020, WHO reported that there were more than 18 million of confirmed cases of COVID-19 including 702,642 deaths globally. Given this fact, thepandemic. The duration and intensity of the impact of the COVID-19 and resulting disruption to the Company’s operations and financial position is uncertain. While our operations are currently not materially affected, it is unknown whether or how they may be affected if such a pandemic persists for an extended period. While not yet quantifiable, the Company believes this situation did not have a material adverse impact on its operating results in the first ~~six months~~quarter of ~~2020~~2021 and will continue to assess the financial ~~impact for the remainder of the year.~~impact. The virus 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 the remaining three factories include No.2, No.8 and No.10. It is, however, still unclear how the pandemic will evolve going forward, and we cannot assure you whether the COVID-19 pandemic will bring about significant negative impact on our business operations, financial condition and operating results, including but not limited to negative impact to our total revenues.

(i) Bromine and Crude Salt Segments
In February 2019, the Company received a notification from the local government of Yangkou County that its Factory No. 1, No. 4, No. 7 and No. 9 passed inspection and could resume operations. In April 2019, Factory No.1, and Factory No.7 resumed operation.

On November 25, 2019, the government of Shouguang City issued a notice ordering all bromine facilities in Shouguang City, including the Company’s bromine facilities, including Factory No.1 and Factory No. 7, to temporarily stop production from December 16, 2019 to February 10, 2020. Subsequently, due to the coronavirus outbreak in China, the local government ordered those bromine facilities to postpone the commencement of production. Subsequently, the Company received an approval dated on February 27, 2020 issued by the local governmental authority which allowed the Company to resume production after the winter temporary closure. Further, the Company received another approval from the Shouguang Yangkou People’s Government dated on March 5, 2020 allowing the Company to resume production at its bromine factories No.1, No. 4, ~~(which was renamed from Subdivision Factory No. 1),~~ No.7 and No. 9 in order to meet the needs of bromide products for epidemic prevention and control (the “March 2020 Approval”). The Company’s Factories No. 1 and No. 7 commenced trial production in mid-March 2020 and commercial production on April 3, 2020 and its Factories No. 4 and No. 9 commenced commercial production on May 6, 2020.
Pursuant to the notification issued on November 24, 2020 from the government of Shouguang City, all bromine facilities in Shouguang City had to be temporarily closed from December 25, 2020 until February 19, 2021 8:00 AM China Time. To comply with such notification, the Company temporarily stopped production at its bromine facilities in factory No. 1, No. 4, No. 7 and No. 9 during the aforesaid period and commenced production as scheduled on February 19, 2021.

(ii) Chemical Segment

On November 24, 2017, the Company received a letter from the Government of Yangkou County, Shouguang City notifying the Company to relocate its two chemical production plants located in the second living area of the Qinghe Oil Extraction to the Bohai Marine Fine Chemical Industrial Park (“Bohai Park”). This is because the two plants are located in a residential area and their production activities will impact the living environment of the residents. This is as a result of the country’s effort to improve the development of the chemical industry, manage safe production and curb environmental pollution accidents effectively, and ensure the quality of the living environment of residents. All chemical enterprises which do not comply with the requirements of the safety and environmental protection regulations will be ordered to shut down.

In December 2017, the Company secured from the government the land use rights for its chemical plants located at the Bohai Park and in June 2018, the Company presented a completed construction design draft and other related ~~documents~~docu15ments to the local authorities for approval. In January 2020, the Company obtained the environmental protection assessment approval performed by the government of Shouguang City, Shandong Province for the proposed new Yuxin chemical factory. With this approval, the Company is permitted to construct the new chemical factory and began the construction in the second quarter of 2020.

The Company ~~believes~~estimates this relocation process will cost approximately ~~$60~~$64 million in total. The Company incurred relocation costs comprising prepaid land lease, professional fees related to the design of the new chemical factory, purchase of plant and ~~progress payment~~equipment and ~~deposit~~construction costs and installation costs incurred for the ~~construction of the~~ new chemical factory ~~building~~ in the amount of ~~$16,538,768~~$35,635,297 and ~~$10,320,017,~~$33,496,295, which were recorded in the ~~prepaid land leases and property,~~Property, plant and equipment in the consolidated balance sheets as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

(iii) Natural Gas Segment

In January 2017, the Company completed the first brine water and natural gas well field construction in Daying located in Sichuan Province and commenced trial production in January 2019. On May 29, 2019, the Company received a verbal notice from the government of Tianbao Town ,Daying County, Sichuan Province, whereby the Company is required to obtain project approval for its well located in Daying, including the whole natural gas and brine water project, and approvals for safety production inspection, environmental protection assessment, and to solve the related land issue. Until these approvals have been received, the Company has to temporarily halt trial production at its natural gas well in Daying. In compliance with the Chinese government new policies, the Company is also required to obtain an exploration license and a mining license for bromine and natural gas, respectively. Pursuant to the Opinions of the Ministry of Natural Resources on Several Issues in Promoting the Reform of Mineral Resources Management (Trial) promulgated by the Ministry of Natural Resources of PRC on January 9, 2020, which came into effect on May 1, 2020, privately owned enterprises are allowed to participate in the natural gas production. The Company plans to proceed with its applications for the natural gas and brine project approvals with related government departments until after the governmental planning has been ~~finalized.~~finalized the land and resource planning for Sichuan Province.

(c)           Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

As of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December 31, ~~2019,~~2020, there were no allowances for doubtful accounts. No allowances for doubtful accounts were charged to the condensed consolidated statements of loss for the three-month ~~and six-month~~ periods ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and ~~2019.~~2020.

The Company collected from on its accounts receivable an amount of ~~$1,933,814 from July 1 2020~~$3,396,688 in April 2021 through ~~August 7, 2020.~~May 5, 2021.

(d)           Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company is exposed to credit risk in the normal course of business, primarily related to accounts receivable and cash and cash equivalents. Substantially all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents are maintained with financial institutions in the PRC, namely, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, China Merchants Bank Company Limited and Sichuan Rural Credit Union, which are not insured or otherwise protected. The Company placed ~~$89,972,591~~$96,699,324 and ~~$100,301,986~~$94,222,538 with these institutions as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December 31, ~~2019,~~2020, respectively.  The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts in the PRC.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
~~JUNE 30, 2020~~MARCH 31, 2021
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – Continued

(e)           Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and any impairment losses. Expenditures for new facilities or equipment, and major expenditures for betterment of existing facilities or equipment are capitalized and depreciated ~~when available for intended use,~~ using the straight-line method at rates sufficient to depreciate such costs less 5% residual value over the estimated productive lives. All other ordinary repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.

Mineral rights are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and any impairment losses. Mineral rights are amortized ratably over the term of the lease, or the equivalent term under the units of production method, whichever is shorter.

Construction in process primarily represents direct costs of construction of property, plant and equipment. Costs incurred are capitalized and transferred to property, plant and equipment upon completion and depreciation will commence when the completed assets are placed in service.

The Company’s depreciation and amortization policies on property, plant and equipment, other than mineral rights and construction in process, are as follows:

Useful life
(in years)
Buildings (including salt pans) 8 - 20
Plant and machinery (including protective shells, transmission channels and ducts) 3 - 8
Motor vehicles 5
Furniture, fixtures and equipment 3-8

Property, plant and equipment under the ~~finance~~capital lease are depreciated over their expected useful lives on the same basis as owned assets, or where shorter, the term of the ~~lease, which is 20 years.~~lease.

Producing oil and gas properties are depreciated on a unit-of-production basis over the proved developed reserves. Common facilities that are built specifically to service production directly attributed to ~~designate~~designated oil and gas properties are depreciated based on the proved developed reserves of the respective oil and gas properties on a pro-rata basis. Common facilities that are not built specifically to service identified oil and gas properties are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. Costs associated with significant development projects are not depreciated until commercial production commences and the reserves related to those costs are excluded from the calculation of depreciation.

(f)           Retirement Benefits

Pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations in the PRC, the Company participates in a defined contribution retirement plan for its employees arranged by a governmental organization. The Company makes contributions to the retirement plan at the applicable rate based on the employees’ salaries. The required contributions under the retirement plans are charged to the condensed consolidated statement of ~~loss~~income on an accrual basis when they are due. The Company’s contributions totaled ~~$43,838and $292,800for~~$246,622 and $140,108 for the three-month ~~period~~periods ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020, ~~and 2019, respectively, and totaled $183,946 and $603,737 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019,~~ respectively.

(g)           Revenue Recognition

Net revenue is net of discount and value added tax and comprises the sale of bromine, crude salt and chemical products. Revenue is recognized when the control of the promised goods is transferred to the customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive from the customers in exchange for those goods. The acknowledgement of receipt of goods by the customers is when control of the product is deemed to be transferred. Invoicing occurs upon acknowledgement of receipt of the goods by the customers. Customers have no rights to return the goods upon acknowledgement of receipt of goods. Revenue from contracts with customers is disaggregated in Note ~~15.~~14.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
~~JUNE 30, 2020~~MARCH 31, 2021
~~(Expressed~~(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
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NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – Continued

(h)           Recoverability of Long-lived Assets

In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360-10-35“Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets”, long-lived assets to be held and used are analyzed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be fully recoverable or that the useful lives of those assets are no longer appropriate. The Company evaluates at each balance sheet date whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate possible impairment.

The Company determines the existence of such impairment by measuring the expected future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) and comparing such amount to the carrying amount of the assets. An impairment loss, if one exists, is then measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the discounted estimated future cash flows. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value of such assets less costs to sell. Asset impairment charges are recorded to reduce the carrying amount of the long-lived asset that will be sold or disposed of to their estimated fair values. Charges for the asset impairment reduce the carrying amount of the long-lived assets to their estimated salvage value in connection with the decision to dispose of such assets.

For the ~~three and six months~~three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020and 2019,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company determined that there were no events or circumstances indicating possible additional impairment of its long-lived assets.

(i)           Basic and Diluted ~~Earnings~~Net Income per Share of Common Stock

Basic earnings per common share are based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the periods presented.  Diluted earnings per share are computed using weighted average number of common shares plus dilutive common share equivalents outstanding during the period. Potential common shares that would have the effect of increasing diluted earnings per share are considered to be anti-dilutive, i.e. the exercise prices of the outstanding stock options were greater than the market price of the common stock. Anti-dilutive common stock equivalents which were excluded from the calculation of number of dilutive common stock equivalents amounted ~~to74,781~~to 62,704 and ~~33,981~~113,370 shares for the three-month ~~period~~periods ended ~~June 30, 2020and 2019, respectively,~~March 31, 2021 and ~~amounted to 94,075 and50,790 shares for the six-month period ended June 30,~~ 2020, ~~and 2019,~~ respectively. ~~These awards could be dilutive in the future if the market price of the common stock increases and is greater than the exercise price of these awards.~~

AsBecause the Company reported a net loss for the ~~three~~three-month periods ended March 31, 2021 and ~~six months ended June 30,~~ 2020, ~~and 2019,~~ common stock equivalents including stock options and warrants were ~~anti-dilutive. Therefore,~~anti-dilutive, therefore the amounts reported for basic and diluted loss per share were the same.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
~~JUNE 30, 2020~~MARCH 31, 2021
~~(Expressed~~(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – Continued

(j)           Reporting Currency and Translation

The financial statements of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are measured using the local currency, Renminbi (“RMB”), as the functional currency; whereas the functional currency and reporting currency of the Company is the United States dollar (“USD” or “$”).

As such, the Company uses the “current rate method” to translate its PRC operations from RMB into USD, as required under FASB ASC 830 “Foreign Currency Matters”. The assets and liabilities of its PRC operations are translated into USD using the rate of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date. The capital accounts are translated at the historical rate. Adjustments resulting from the translation of the balance sheets of the Company’s PRC subsidiaries are recorded in stockholders’ equity as part of accumulated other comprehensive ~~loss.~~income. The statement of ~~loss~~income and comprehensive ~~loss~~income is translated at average rate during the reporting period. Gains or losses resulting from transactions in currencies other than the functional currencies are recognized in net ~~loss~~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 the acquisition of business which is translated at historical rates.

(k)           Foreign Operations

All of the Company’s operations and assets are located in PRC.  The Company may be adversely affected by possible political or economic events in this country.  The effect of these factors cannot be accurately predicted.

(l)           ~~Inventories.~~Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, determined on a first-in first-out cost basis, or net realizable value. Costs of work-in-progress and finished goods comprise direct materials, direct labor and an attributable portion of manufacturing overhead. Net realizable value is based on estimated selling price less costs to complete and selling expenses.

(m)       Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in finance lease ROU assets and finance lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease and finance lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at January 1, 2019 based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term discounted using the rate implicit in the lease. In cases where the implicit rate is not readily determinable, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The Company does not recognize operating lease ROU assets and liabilities arising from lease arrangements with lease term of twelve months or less.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2021
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – Continued
(n)        Stock-based Compensation

Stock-based awards issued to employees are recorded at their fair values estimated at grant date using the Black-Scholes model and the portion that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as compensation cost over the requisite service period. Consistent with the accounting requirement for employee stock-based awards, nonemployee stock-based awards are measured at the grant-date fair value of the equity instruments that the Company is obligated to issue when the good has been delivered or the service has been rendered and any other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied.

The Company has elected to account for the forfeiture of stock-based awards as they occur.

(o)        Loss Contingencies

The Company accrues for ~~costs~~loss contingencies relating to ~~litigation,~~legal matters, including litigation defense costs, claims and other contingent matters, including liquidated damage liabilities, when such liabilities become probable and could be reasonably ~~estimable.~~estimabled. Such estimates may be based on advice from third parties or on ~~management's~~management’s judgment, as appropriate. Revisions to accruals are reflected in earnings (loss) in the period in which different facts or information become known or circumstances change that affect the ~~Company's~~Company’s previous assumptions with respect to the likelihood or amount of loss. Amounts paid upon the ultimate resolution of such liabilities may be materially different from previous estimates.

(p)        Income Tax

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the Income Taxes Topic of the FASB ASC, which requires the use of the liability method of accounting for deferred income taxes. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recorded to reflect the tax consequences on future years of temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts at each period end. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using tax rates that are expected to apply to taxable income for the years in which those tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. The deferred income tax effects of a change in tax rates are recognized in the period of enactment. If it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized, a valuation allowance is recognized. The guidance also provides criteria for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosures of uncertain tax positions. A tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized if it is “more likely than not” that the position is sustainable based solely on its technical merits. Interests and penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits are included within the (benefit from) provision for income tax in the consolidated statement of ~~income~~profit (loss).

(q)        New Accounting Pronouncements

Recent accounting pronouncements adopted

There were no recent accounting pronouncements adopted during the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30, 2020.~~March 31, 2021.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The amendments in this Update affect loans, debt securities, ~~trade~~ trade.
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(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – Continued
receivables, and any other financial assets that have the contractual right to receive cash. The ASU requires an entity to recognize expected credit losses rather than incurred losses for financial assets. For public entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For the Company which is a smaller reporting company, ASU No. 2019-10 extends the effective dates for two years. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this on the condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosure.
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~~AND SUBSIDIARIES~~
~~NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS~~
~~JUNE 30, 2020~~
~~(Expressed in U.S. dollars)~~
~~(UNAUDITED)~~

NOTE 2 – INVENTORIES

Inventories consist of:

June 30,
2020 December 31,
2019 March 31,
2021 December 31,
2020

Raw materials $ 29,304 $ 20,928 $ 39,855 $ 21,484
Finished goods 494,324 669,159 536,752 398,125
$ 523,628 $ 690,087 $ 576,607 $ 419,609
There was no allowance for slow-moving inventories as of March 31, 2021 and 2020.

NOTE 3 – PREPAID LAND LEASES
The Company has the rights to use certain parcels of land located in Shouguang, Shandong , PRC, through lease agreements signed with local townships or the government authority. The production facilities and warehouses of the Company are located on these parcels of land. The lease term ranges from ten to fifty years. Some of the lease contracts were paid in one lump sum upfront and some are paid annually at the beginning of each anniversary date. These leases have no purchase option at the end of the lease term and were classified as operating leases prior to and as of January 1, 2019 when the new lease standard was adopted. Prior to January 2019, the prepaid land lease was amortized on a straight line basis. As of January 1, 2019, all the leases in which term has commenced and were in use were classified as operating lease right-of-use assets (“ROU”). See Note 6.

In December 2017, the Company paid a one lump sum upfront amount of ~~$8,982,369~~$9,677,429 for a 50-year lease of a parcel of land at Bohai Marine Fine Chemical Industrial Park (“Bohai”) for the new chemical factory ~~to be built.~~under construction. There is no purchase option at the end of the lease term. This was classified as an operating lease prior to and as of January 1, 2019. The land use certificate was issued on October 25, 2019. The lease term expires on August 12, 2069. The amount paid was recorded as prepaid land leases, net of current portion in the consolidated balance sheet as of ~~June 30 2020~~March 31 2021 and December 31, ~~2019.~~2020. As of ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, the prepaid land lease increased to ~~$9,349,625~~$10,063,469 due to an additional amount paid for stamp duty and related land use rights fees. Amortization of this prepaid land lease will commence when the chemical factory is built and placed in service.

In June 2020, the construction of the new chemical factory commenced and is expected to complete ~~in May~~around June 2021.

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~~JUNE 30, 2020~~MARCH 31, 2021
~~(Expressed~~(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 4 – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property, plant and equipment, net consist of the following:

June 30,
2020 December 31,
2019 March 31,
2021 December 31,
2020
At cost:
Mineral rights $ 2,724,154 $ 2,764,462 $ 2,934,951 $ 2,955,780
Buildings 59,007,466 59,880,567 63,573,495 64,024,667
Plant and machinery 231,247,364 234,669,007 256,579,799 258,400,710
Motor vehicles 6,039 6,129 6,507 6,553
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment 3,188,556 3,235,736 3,295,179 3,318,564
Construction in process 5,562,402 1,204,742 18,127,541 12,095,565
Total 301,735,981 301,760,643 344,517,472 340,801,839
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization (151,706,607 ) (146,330,705 ) (176,040,608 ) (173,212,554 )
Impairment (17,180,774 ) (17,434,989 ) (18,510,233 ) (18,641,596 )
Net book value $ 132,848,600 $ 137,994,949 $ 149,966,631 $ 148,947,689

The Company has certain buildings and salt pans erected on parcels of land located in Shouguang, PRC, and such parcels of land are collectively owned by local townships or the government authority. The Company has not been able to obtain property ownership certificates over these buildings and salt pans. The aggregate carrying values of these properties situated on parcels of the land are ~~$18,725,141~~$18,720,653 and ~~$19,894,947as~~$19,302,600 as at ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December 31, ~~2019,~~2020, respectively.

During the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, depreciation and amortization expense totaled ~~$4,103,026~~$4,102, 929, of which ~~$1,167,114, $198,413~~$1,816,782, $163,233 and ~~$2,737,500~~$2,122,914 were recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown,, administrative expenses and cost of net revenue,. respectively.
During the ~~six-month~~three-month period ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2020,,depreciation and amortization expense totaled ~~$7,556,589~~$3,453,563, of which ~~$3,745,884, $399,819~~$2,578,771, $201,406 and ~~$3,410,886~~$673,386 were recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown,, administrative expenses and cost of net revenue,. respectively.
During the three-month period ended June 30, 2019, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $3,586,272 of which $2,019,128, $222,444 and $1,344,700were recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown, ~~administrative expenses and cost of net revenue~~. ~~During the six-month period ended June 30, 2019~~,~~depreciation and amortization expense totaled $6,898,179 of which $5,086,024, $447,274 and $1,364,881 were recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown~~, ~~administrative expenses and cost of net revenue~~.

NOTE 5 ~~–FINANCE~~– FINANCE LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS

Property, plant and equipment under finance ~~leases,~~lease, net consist of the following:

June 30,
2020 December 31,
2019 March 31,
2021 December 31,
2020
At cost:
Buildings $ 116,237 $ 117,956 $ 125,231 $ 126,120
Plant and machinery 2,126,386 2,157,848 2,290,926 2,307,184
Total 2,242,623 2,275,804 2,416,157 2,433,304
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization (2,068,330 ) (2,096,278 ) (2,232,607 ) (2,247,032 )
Net book value $ 174,293 $ 179,526 $ 183,550 $ 186,272

The above buildings erected on parcels of land located in Shouguang, PRC, are collectively owned by local townships.  The Company has not been able to obtain property ownership certificates over these buildings as the Company could not obtain land use rights certificates on the underlying parcels of land.

During the ~~three and six months~~three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, depreciation and amortization expense totaled ~~$1,308 and$2,635, respectively,~~$1,428, which was recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown.
During the ~~three and six months~~three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2019,~~March 31, 2020, depreciation and amortization expense totaled ~~$1,360 and$66,701, respectively,~~$1,327, which was recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown.

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~~(Expressed~~(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 6 – OPERATING LEASE ~~RIGHT–OF~~RIGHT-OF USE ASSETS

As of ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, the total operating lease ROU assets was ~~$8,429,714.~~ $8,662,972.
The total operating lease cost for the three-month period ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $240,150 and ~~2019 was $216,422and $225,022.~~
~~The total operating lease cost for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $436,109 and $452,241.~~$219,687, respectively.

The Company has the rights to use certain parcels of land located in Shouguang, the PRC, through lease agreements signed with local townships or the government ~~authority (See Note 3).~~authority. For parcels of land that are collectively owned by local townships, the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates. The parcels of land of which the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates covers a total of approximately 38.6 square kilometers of aggregate carrying value of ~~$7,946,227as~~$8,155,820 as at ~~June 30, 2020.~~March 31, 2021.

NOTE 7 – ACCOUNTS ~~PAYABLE,~~AND OTHER PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accounts ~~payable,~~and other payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:

June 30, December 31, March 31, December 31,
2020 2019 2021 2020
Accounts payable $ 286,401 $ — $ 1,040,950 $ 479,958
Salary payable 289,734 310,097 318,291 320,549
Social security insurance contribution payable 41,511 105,750 101,446 49,167
Other payable-related party (see Note 8) 44,060 89,424 23,738 95,616
Deposit on subscription of a subsidiary’s share 141,250 144,798 152,180 153,260
Accrued expense-construction 96,485 97,913 6,296,071 3,537,644
Accrued expense-others 187,517 358,066 617,213 445,507
Total $ 1,086,958 $ 1,106,048 $ 8,549,889 $ 5,081,701

The deposit on subscription of a subsidiary's share of ~~$141,250~~$152,180 as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 relates to sale of non-controlling interests in DCHC.
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NOTE 8–8 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, the Company borrowed $0 and $60,000 from a related company. There was no balance owing to this related company as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

On September 25, 2012, the Company purchased five floors of a commercial building in the PRC, through SYCI, from Shandong Shouguang Vegetable Seed Industry Group Co., Ltd. (the “Seller”) at a cost of approximately $5.7 million in cash, of which Mr. Ming Yang, the Chairman of the Company, had a 99% equity interest in the Seller. During the first quarter of 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with the Seller, a related party, to provide property management services for an annual amount of approximately ~~$88,121~~$94,940 for five years from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022. The expense associated with this agreement for the three ~~and six~~ months ended ~~June 30, 2020was~~March 31, 2021 and 2020 was approximately ~~$22,030~~$23,735 and ~~$44,043.The expense associated with this agreement~~$22,013. The amounting owing for the ~~three~~property management services as of March 31, 2021 and ~~six months ended June 30, 2019was approximately $22,687~~December 31, 2020 was $23,738 and ~~$45,849.~~
$95,616 (Note 7). The amount owed as of March 31, 2021 is interest-free, unsecured and payable in January 2022.
NOTE 9–9 – TAXES PAYABLE

June 30, December 31, March 31, December 31,
2020 2019 2021 2020
Land use tax payable $ 768,254 $ 779,623 827,702 833,576
Value added tax and other taxes payable 316,807 — 578,070 492,603
$ 1,085,061 $ 779,623
Land use tax payable $ 1,405,772 $ 1,326,179

NOTE 10 –LEASE LIABILITIES-FINANCE AND OPERATING LEASE

The components of finance lease liabilities were as follows:

Imputed June 30, December 31, Imputed March 31, December 31,
Interest rate 2020 2019 Interest rate 2020 2020
Total finance lease liability 6.7% $ 1,877,985 $ 2,104,278 6.7% $ 2,126,183 $ 2,105,973
Less: Current portion (137,103 ) (198,506 ) (250,591 ) (217,070 )
Finance lease liability, net of current portion $ 1,740,882 $ 1,905,772 $ 1,875,592 $ 1,888,903

Interest expenses from ~~capital~~a finance lease ~~obligations~~liability amounted to ~~$34,747~~$35,538 and ~~$38,281for~~$35,262 for the three-month ~~period~~periods ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020, ~~and 2019,~~ respectively, ~~which~~ were charged to the condensed consolidated statement of income (loss). Interest expenses from capital lease obligations amounted to $70,009 and$76,940 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, which were charged to the condensed consolidated statement of income (loss).Theloss. The remaining finance lease term at ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2020 was 1110 years.

The components of operating lease liabilities as follows:

Imputed June 30, December 31, Imputed March 31, December 31,
Interest rate 2020 2019 Interest rate 2021 2020
Total Operating lease liabilities 4.89% $ 7,708,977 $ 8,348,453 4.89% $ 8,174,965 $ 8,499,692
Less: Current portion (429,771 ) (416,604 ) (317,544 ) (477,350 )
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion $ 7,279,206 $ 7,931,849 $ 7,857,421 $ 8,022,342

The weighted average remaining operating lease term at ~~June 3~~0~~, 2020was 22years~~March 31, 2021 was 21 years and the weighted average discounts rate was 4.89%~~.Lease payments for~~. This discount rates used are based on the ~~three-month period~~base rate quoted by the People's Bank of China and vary with the remaining term of the lease. Lease payment in the three-months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $204,951 and ~~2019, respectively, were $522,636 and $543,405. Lease payments for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were $704,301 and $724,144.~~$181,665.

Maturities of lease liabilities were as follows:

Financial lease Operating Lease Financial lease Operating Lease
Payable within:
the next 12 months $ 265,126 $ 772,135 $ 285,642 $ 672,669
the next 13 to 24 months 265,126 628,001 285,642 678,258
the next 25 to 36 months 265,126 631,628 285,642 677,300
the next 37 to 48 months 265,126 632,586 285,642 683,280
the next 49 to 60 months 265,126 636,503 285,642 689,295
thereafter 1,325,634 10,704,542 1,428,210 11,421,886
Total 2,651,264 14,005,395 2,856,420 14,822,688
Less: Amount representing interest (773,279 ) (6,296,418 ) (730,237 ) (6,647,723 )
Present value of net minimum lease payments $ 1,877,985 $ 7,708,977 2,126,183 $ 8,174,965
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~~AND SUBSIDIARIES~~
~~NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS~~
~~JUNE 30, 2020~~
~~(Expressed in U.S. dollars)~~
~~(UNAUDITED)~~

NOTE 11 ~~––EQUITY~~–EQUITY

~~Reverse Stock Split and Authorized~~Restricted Shares

~~On January 27, 2020, the Company completed~~A restricted stock award (“RSA”) is an award of common shares that is subject to certain restrictions during a ~~1-for-5 reverse~~specified period. Restricted stock ~~split~~awards are independent of ~~the company’s common stock, such that for each five shares outstanding~~option grants and are generally subject to forfeiture if employment terminates prior to the release of the restrictions. The grantee cannot transfer the shares before the restricted shares vest. Shares of nonvested restricted stock ~~split there was one share outstanding after~~have the ~~reverse stock split. All shares of~~same voting rights as common stock, ~~referenced in this report have been adjusted~~are entitled to ~~reflect~~receive dividends and other distributions thereon and are considered to be currently issued and outstanding. The Company expenses the ~~stock split figures.~~
~~There is no change to the authorized shares~~cost of the ~~Company'~~restricted stock awards, which is determined to be the fair market value of the shares at the date of grant, straight-line over the period during which the restrictions lapse. For these purposes, the fair market value of the restricted stock is determined based on the closing price of the Company's common stock ~~which remain at 80,000,000.~~on the grant date.

Retained Earnings – Appropriated

In accordance with the relevant PRC regulations and the PRC subsidiaries’ Articles of Association, the Company’s PRC subsidiaries are required to allocate its profit after tax to the following reserve:

Statutory Common Reserve Funds

SCHC, SYCI and DCHC are required each year to transfer at least 10% of the profit after tax as reported under the PRC statutory financial statements to the Statutory Common Reserve Funds until the balance reaches 50% of the registered share capital.  This reserve can be used to make up any loss incurred or to increase share capital.  Except for the reduction of losses incurred, any other application should not result in this reserve balance falling below 25% of the registered capital. The Statutory Common Reserve Fund as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 for SCHC, SYCI and DCHC is 16%, 14% and 0% of its registered capital respectively.

~~NOTE 12– TREASURYSTOCK~~
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In January 2019, the Company issued 4,000 shares of common stock from the treasury shares to one of its consultants. The shares were valued at the closing market price on the date of the agreement and recorded as general and administrative expenseGULF RESOURCES, INC.
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(Expressed in the consolidated statement of loss and comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2019. The shares issued were deducted from the treasury shares at weighted average cost and the excess of the cost over the closing market price was charged to additional paid-in-capital.U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)
On September 13, 2019, the Company received a staff deficiency notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market informing the Company that it has failed to comply with Nasdaq’s shareholder approval requirements relating to shares issued to this consultant. A total of 8,000 restricted shares issued to this consultant from treasury were canceled. On January 14, 2020, the Company reissued the shares from the 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan adopted by the board of directors of the Company and approved by the stockholders at the annual stockholders meeting held on December 18, 2019.
On January 23, 2020, the Company received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Qualifications Staff (the “Staff”) notifying that the Company has regained compliance with the shareholder approval requirements set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c) in connection with shares issued to a consultant based on the Staff’s review of the Company’s submitted materials.

NOTE 1312 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Pursuant to the Company’s 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan adopted and approved in 2019 (“ 2019 Plan”), awards under the 2019 Plan is limited in the aggregate to 2,068,398 shares of our common stock, inclusive of the awards that were previously issued and outstanding under the Company’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2007 Plan”). Upon adoption and approval of the 2019 Plan, the 2007 Plan was frozen, no new awards will be granted under the 2007 Plan, and outstanding awards under the 2007 Plan will continue to be governed by the terms and condition of the 2007 Plan and applicable award agreement. As of ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for grant of stock options and issuance under the 2019 Plan is ~~989,698~~515,648 shares.

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The risk free rate is based on the yield-to-maturity in continuous compounding of the US Government Bonds with the time-to-maturity similar to the expected tenor of the option granted, volatility is based on the annualized historical stock price volatility of the Company, and the expected life is based on the historical option exercise pattern.

For the three ~~and six~~ months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020, ~~and 2019,~~ total compensation costs for options ~~granted~~issued recorded in the consolidated statement of loss were ~~$0 and $45,900.~~$0.

During the three ~~and six~~ months ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, there were no options ~~granted~~issued to employees or non-employees.

The following table summarizes all Company stock option transactions between January 1, ~~2020~~2021 and ~~June 30, 2020.~~March 31, 2021.

Number of Option
and Warrants
Outstanding and exercisable Weighted- Average Exercise price of Option
and Warrants Range of
Exercise Price per Common Share
Balance, January 1, 2020 135,100 $ 7.21 $3.57 - $9.90
Exercised during the period — — —
Expired during the period (7,500 ) $ 9.17 —
Balance, June 30, 2020 127,600 $ 7.09 $3.57 - $7.27
Number of Option
and Warrants
Outstanding and exercisable Weighted- Average Exercise price of Option
and Warrants Range of
Exercise Price per Common Share
Balance, January 1, 2021 121,600 $ 7.09 $3.57 - $7.27
Granted during the period — — —
Exercised during the period — — —
Expired during the period — $ — $ —
Balance, March 31, 2021 121,600 $ 7.09 $3.57 - $7.27

Stock Options and Warrants Outstanding and Exercisable
Weighted Average Weighted Average
Remaining Remaining
Outstanding at June 30, 2020
Range of
Exercise Prices

Contractual Life
(Years)
Outstanding at March 31, 2021
Range of
Exercise Prices

Contractual Life
(Years)

Outstanding and exercisable 127,600 $3.57 - $7.27 1.13 121,600 $3.57 - $7.27 0.41

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 was ~~$10,710.~~$4,710.

During the three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020, ~~and 2019,~~ there were ~~0 and 132,462shares of common stock issued upon cashless exercise of 0 and 330,400 options.~~
~~During the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, there were 0 and 151,856 shares of common stock issued upon cashless exercise of 0 and 379,400 options.~~
~~The aggregate intrinsic value of~~no options ~~exercised during the three months ended June 30, 2020 was $0.The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the three months ended June 30, 2019 was $808,014.~~
The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $0.The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2019 was $922,429.exercised.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
~~JUNE 30, 2020~~MARCH 31, 2021
~~(Expressed~~(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1413 – INCOME TAXES

The Company utilizes the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with FASB ASC 740-10. If it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized, a valuation allowance is recognized.

(a)           United States (“US”)

Gulf Resources, Inc. may be subject to the United States of America Tax laws at a tax rate of 21%. No provision for the US federal income taxes has been made as the Company had no US taxable income for the three-month ~~and six-month~~ periods ended ~~June 30, 2020and 2019,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020, and management believes that its earnings are permanently invested in the PRC.

(b)           British Virgin Islands (“BVI”)

Upper Class Group Limited, a subsidiary of Gulf 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 in the BVI. Upper Class Group Limited did not generate assessable profit for the three-month ~~and six-month~~ periods ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and ~~2019.~~2020.

(c)           Hong Kong

HKJI, a subsidiary of Upper Class Group Limited, was incorporated in Hong Kong and is subject to Hong Kong taxation on its activities conducted in Hong Kong and income arising in or derived from Hong Kong.  No provision for income tax has been made as it has no taxable income for the three-month ~~and six-month~~ periods ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and ~~2019.~~2020.  The applicable statutory tax rates for the three-month ~~and six-month~~ periods ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020 ~~and 2019are~~are 16.5%. There is no dividend withholding tax in Hong Kong.

(d)           PRC

Enterprise income tax (“EIT”) for SCHC, SYCI and DCHC in the PRC is charged at 25% of the assessable profits.

The operating subsidiaries SCHC, SYCI and DCHC are wholly foreign-owned enterprises (“FIE”) incorporated in the PRC and are subject to PRC Local Income Tax Law. The PRC tax losses may be carried forward to be utilized against future taxable profit for ten years for High-tech enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises of science and technology and for five years for other companies. Tax losses of the operating subsidiaries of the Company may be carried forward for five years.

On February 22, 2008, the Ministry of Finance (“MOF”) and the State Administration of Taxation (“SAT”) jointly issued Cai Shui [2008] Circular 1 (“Circular 1”). According to Article 4 of Circular 1, distributions of accumulated profits earned by a FIE prior to January 1, 2008 to foreign investor(s) in 2008 will be exempted from withholding tax (“WHT”) while distribution of the profit earned by an FIE after January 1, 2008 to its foreign investor(s) shall be subject to WHT at 5% effective tax rate.

As of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December 31, ~~2019,~~2020, the accumulated distributable earnings under the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP”) of PRC that are subject to WHT are ~~$114,295,118~~$122,460,382 and ~~$124,616,722,~~$126,643,733, respectively. Since the Company intends to reinvest its earnings to further expand its businesses in mainland China, its foreign invested enterprises do not intend to declare dividends to their immediate foreign holding companies in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December 31, ~~2019,~~2020, the Company has not recorded any WHT on the cumulative amount of distributable retained earnings of its foreign invested enterprises that are subject
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(UNAUDITED)
to WHT in China. As of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December 31, ~~2019,~~2020, the unrecognized WHT are ~~$4,752,714~~$5,086,534 and ~~$5,254,560,~~$5,288,346, respectively.

The Company’s income tax returns are subject to the various tax authorities’ examination. The federal, state and local authorities of the United States may examine the Company’s income tax returns filed in the United States for three years from the date of filing. The Company’s US income tax returns since ~~2016are~~2017 are currently subject to examination.

Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong (“IRD”) may examine the Company’s income tax returns filed in Hong Kong for seven years from date of filing. For the years 2012 through 2019, HKJI did not report any taxable income. It did not file any income tax returns during these years except for 2014 and 2018. For companies which do not have taxable income, IRD typically issues notification to companies requiring them to file income tax returns once in every four years. The tax returns for 2014 and 2018 ~~have been examined, and there is no Hong Kong Profits Tax was charged.~~are currently subject to examination.

The components of the provision for income tax benefit (expense) from continuing operations are:

Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
Three-Month Period Ended June 30, Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2021 2020
2020 2019 2020 2019
Current taxes – PRC $ — $ — $ — $ — $ — $ —
Deferred taxes – PRC 612,354 695,988 1,739,929 2,106,066
Deferred tax – PRC entities 743,709 1,256,443
Deferred taxes –US entity 15,957 24,053
Change in valuation allowance 60,279 (330,005 ) 189,147 (344,946 ) (15,957 ) (24,053 )
$ 672,633 $ 365,983 $ 1,929,076 $ 1,761,120 $ 743,709 $ 1,256,443

The effective income tax ~~rate differs~~benefit differ from the PRC statutory income tax rate of 25% from continuing operations in the PRC as follows:

Three-Month Period Ended June 30, Six-Month Period Ended June 30, Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
Reconciliations 2020 2019 2020 2019 2021 2020
Statutory income tax rate 25 % 25 % 25 % 25 % 25 % 25 %
Non-taxable income,(Non-deductible expense) and change in valuation allowance (2 %) 8 % — (1 %)
Effective tax rate 23 % 33 % 25 % 24 %
Non-taxable & Non-deductible items (1 %) 2 %
Change in valuation allowance (1 %) (1 %)
Effective income tax benefit (expense) rate 23 % 26 %

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December ~~31,2019are~~31, 2020 are as follows:

June 30, December 31, March 31, December 31,
2020 2019 2021 2020
Deferred tax liabilities $ — $ — $ — $ —

Deferred tax assets:
Impairment on property, plant and equipment 2,764,893 2,974,542 $ 2,712,092 $ 2,907,548
Impairment on prepaid land lease 814,620 826,673 877,656 883,884
Exploration costs 1,758,563 1,784,583 1,894,641 1,908,087
Compensation costs of unexercised stock options 74,883 171,672 72,699 74,883
PRC tax losses 20,571,271 18,737,005 22,296,935 21,643,028
US federal net operating loss 311,000 432,000 1,063,644 1,045,503
Total deferred tax assets 26,295,230 24,926,475 28,917,667 28,462,933
Valuation allowance (8,796,686 ) (8,985,833 ) (9,785,742 ) (9,872,706 )
Net deferred tax asset $ 17,498,544 $ 15,940,642 $ 19,131,925 $ 18,590,227

The decrease in valuation allowance for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 is ~~$60,279.~~$86,964.

The increase in valuation allowance for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2019is $330,005.~~
~~The decrease in valuation allowance for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020is $189,147.~~
~~The increase in valuation allowance for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019is $344,946.~~March 31, 2020 is $128,868.

There were no unrecognized tax benefits and accrual for uncertain tax positions as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December 31, ~~2019~~2020 and no amounts accrued for penalties and interest for the three ~~and six~~ months ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and ~~2019.~~2020.
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~~JUNE 30, 2020~~
~~(Expressed in U.S. dollars)~~
~~(UNAUDITED)~~

NOTE 1514 – BUSINESS SEGMENTS
The Company has four reportable segments:  bromine, crude salt, chemical products and natural gas. The reportable segments are consistent with how management views the markets served by the Company and the financial information that is reviewed by its chief operating decision maker.
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(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 14 – BUSINESS SEGMENTS – Continued

An operating segment’s performance is primarily evaluated based on segment operating income, which excludes share-based compensation expense, certain corporate costs and other income not associated with the operations of the segment. These corporate costs (income) are separately stated below and also include costs that are related to functional areas such as accounting, treasury, information technology, legal, human resources, and internal audit. The Company believes that segment operating income, as defined above, is an appropriate measure for evaluating the operating performance of its segments. All the customers are located in PRC.

Three-Month
Period Ended
June 30, 2020
Bromine*
Crude
Salt*

Chemical
Products
Natural Gas
Segment
Total
Corporate Total
Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2021 Bromine *
Crude
Salt *

Chemical
Products
Natural Gas
Segment
Total
Corporate Total
Net revenue
(external customers) $ 4,487,017 $ 872,466 $ — $ — $ 5,359,483 $ — $ 5,359,483 $ 4,810,990 $ 448,253 $ — $ — $ 5,259,243 $ — $ 5,259,243
Net revenue
(intersegment) — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Income(loss) from operations before income tax benefit (1,479,084 ) (611,472 ) (654,652 ) (53,270 ) (2,798,478 ) (155,074 ) (2,953,552 )
Loss from operations before income benefit (1,279,565 ) (1,009,585 ) (746,469 ) (54,787 ) (3,090,406 ) (191,018 ) (3,281,424 )
Income tax benefit 350,708 172,849 149,076 — 672,633 — 672,633 318,868 252,396 172,445 — 743,709 — 743,709
Income (loss) from operations after income tax benefit (1,128,376 ) (438,623 ) (505,576 ) (53,270 ) (2,125,845 ) (155,074 ) (2,280,919 )
Loss from operations after income taxes(benefit) (960,697 ) (757,189 ) (574,024 ) (54,787 ) (2,346,697 ) (191,018 ) (2,537,715 )
Total assets 115,956,839 38,299,428 108,862,565 1,599,014 264,717,846 70,367 264,788,213 144,744,423 24,170,863 121,760,637 1,875,459 292,551,382 42,886 292,594,268
Depreciation and amortization 3,038,936 919,003 111,797 34,598 4,104,334 — 4,104,334 2,920,689 1,077,460 68,607 37,601 4,104,357 — 4,104,357
Capital expenditures — — 2,443,931 — 2,443,931 — 2,443,931 — — — — — — —

Three-Month
Period Ended
June 30, 2019
Bromine*
Crude
Salt*

Chemical
Products
Natural Gas
Segment
Total
Corporate Total
Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2020 Bromine *
Crude
Salt *

Chemical
Products
Natural Gas
Segment
Total
Corporate Total
Net revenue
(external customers) $ 5,751,164 $ 245,079 $ — $ 13,166 $ 6,009,409 $ — $ 6,009,409 $ 462,846 $ 94,824 $ — $ — $ 557,670 $ — $ 557,670
Net revenue (intersegment) — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Income(loss) from operations before income tax benefit (36,713 ) (828,736 ) (656,424 ) (61,401 ) (1,583,274 ) 385,108 (1,198,166 )
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes(benefit) (2,866,438 ) (1,513,582 ) (710,909 ) (48,846 ) (5,139,775 ) 304,346 (4,835,429 )
Income tax benefit 9,540 215,360 141,083 — 365,983 — 365,983 717,438 378,396 160,609 — 1,256,443 — 1,256,443
Income(loss) from operations after income tax benefit (27,173 ) (613,376 ) (515,341 ) (61,401 ) (1,217,291 ) 385,108 (832,183 )
Income (loss) from operations after income taxes(benefit) (2,149,000 ) (1,135,186 ) (550,300 ) (48,846 ) (3,883,332 ) 304,346 (3,578,986 )
Total assets 169,870,183 29,241,474 128,641,174 1,773,689 329,526,520 37,207 329,563,727 117,061,540 39,066,713 109,222,446 1,657,769 267,008,468 105,430 267,113,898
Depreciation and amortization 2,476,960 958,352 116,240 36,080 3,587,632 — 3,587,632 2,197,844 1,108,443 113,484 35,120 3,454,891 — 3,454,891
Capital expenditures 10,857,541 644,197 — — 11,501,738 — 11,501,738 3,157,669 646,752 3,611,790 — 7,416,211 — 7,416,211

* Certain common production overheads, operating and administrative expenses and asset items (mainly cash and certain office equipment) of bromine and crude salt segments in SCHC were split by reference to the average selling price and production volume of respective segment.

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~~(Expressed~~(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1514 – BUSINESS SEGMENTS – Continued

Six-Month
Period Ended
June 30, 2020
Bromine*
Crude
Salt*

Chemical
Products
Natural Gas
Segment
Total
Corporate Total
Net revenue
(external customers) $ 4,949,863 $ 967,290 $ — $ — $ 5,917,153 $ — $ 5,917,153
Net revenue
(intersegment) — — — — — — —
Loss from operations before income tax benefit (4,345,522 ) (2,125,054 ) (1,365,561 ) (102,116 ) (7,938,253 ) 149,272 (7,788,981 )
Income tax benefit 1,068,146 551,245 309,685 — 1,929,076 — 1,929,076
Loss from operations after income tax benefit (3,277,376 ) (1,573,809 ) (1,055,876 ) (102,116 ) (6,009,177 ) 149,272 (5,859,905 )
Total assets 115,956,839 38,299,428 108,862,565 1,599,014 264,717,846 70,367 264,788,213
Depreciation and amortization 5,236,780 2,027,445 225,281 69,718 7,559,224 — 7,559,224
Capital expenditures 3,157,669 646,752 6,055,721 — 9,860,142 — 9,860,142
Six-Month
Period Ended
June 30, 2019
Bromine*
Crude
Salt*

Chemical
Products
Natural Gas
Segment
Total
Corporate Total
Net revenue
(external customers) $ 5,751,164 $ 245,079 $ — $ 51,736 $ 6,047,979 $ — $ 6,047,979
Net revenue
(intersegment) — — — — — — —
Loss from operations before income tax benefit (3,661,727 ) (2,240,545 ) (1,329,974 ) (103,384 ) (7,335,630 ) (258,566 ) (7,594,196 )
Income tax benefit 906,887 568,312 285,921 — 1,761,120 — 1,761,120
Loss from operations after Income tax benefit (2,754,840 ) (1,672,233 ) (1,044,053 ) (103,384 ) (5,574,510 ) (258,566 ) (5,833,076 )
Total assets 169,870,183 29,241,474 128,641,174 1,773,689 329,526,520 37,207 329,563,727
Depreciation and amortization 4,595,037 2,063,460 233,628 72,755 6,964,880 — 6,964,880
Capital expenditures 10,857,541 644,197 — — 11,501,738 — 11,501,738
* Certain common production overheads, operating and administrative expenses and asset items (mainly cash and certain office equipment) of bromine and crude salt segments in SCHC were split by reference to the average selling price and production volume of the respective segment.
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~~AND SUBSIDIARIES~~
~~NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS~~
~~JUNE 30, 2020~~
~~(Expressed in U.S. dollars)~~
~~(UNAUDITED)~~
~~NOTE 15 – BUSINESS SEGMENTS – Continued~~
Three-Month Period Ended June 30, Six-Month Period Ended June 30, Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
Reconciliations 2020 2019 2020 2019 2021 2020
Total segment operating loss $ (2,798,478 ) $ (1,583,274 ) $ (7,938,253 ) $ (7,335,630 ) $ (3,090,406 ) $ (5,139,775 )
Corporate costs (136,956 ) (162,547 ) (233,059 ) (302,993 ) (86,206 ) (96,103 )
Unrealized gain on translation of intercompany balance (18,118 ) 547,655 382,331 44,427
Unrealized gain (loss) on translation of intercompany balance (104,812 ) 400,449
Loss from operations (2,953,552 ) (1,198,166 ) (7,788,981 ) (7,594,196 ) (3,281,424 ) (4,835,429 )
Other income, net of expense 36,300 94,477 75,528 191,232
Loss before taxes $ (2,917,252 ) $ (1,103,689 ) $ (7,713,453 ) $ (7,402,964 )
Other income 35,591 39,228
Loss before income taxes $ (3,245,833 ) $ (4,796,201 )

The following table shows the major ~~customer(s)~~customers (10% or more) for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020.~~March 31, 2021.

Number Customer
Bromine
(000’s)

Crude Salt
(000’s)

Chemical Products
(000’s)

Total
Revenue
(000’s)

Percentage of
Total
Revenue (%)
Customer
Bromine
(000’s)

Crude Salt
(000’s)

Chemical Products
(000’s)

Total
Revenue
(000’s)

Percentage of
Total
Revenue (%)
1 Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited $ 809 $ 321 $ — $ 1,130 21.1 % Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited $ 896 $ 169 $ — $ 1,065 20.2 %
2 Shandong Brother Technology Limited $ 550 $ 300 $ — $ 850 15.8 % Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited $ 703 $ 108 $ — $ 811 15.4 %
3 Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited $ 982 $ 251 $ — $ 1,233 23 % Shandong Brother Technology Limited $ 634 $ 172 $ — $ 806 15.3 %
4 Dongying Bomeite Chemical Company Limited $ 537 $ — $ — $ 537 10 % Shandong Shouguang Shenrunfa Ocean Chemical Company Limited $ 672 $ — $ — $ 672 12.8 %
5 Shandong Shouguang Shenrunfa Ocean Chemical Company Limited $ 711 $ — $ — $ 711 13.3 % Dongying Bomeite Chemical Company Limited $ 565 $ — $ — $ 565 10.7 %

The following table shows the major ~~customer(s) (10% or more) for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020.~~
Number Customer
Bromine
(000’s)

Crude Salt
(000’s)

Chemical Products
(000’s)

Total
Revenue
(000’s)

Percentage of
Total
Revenue (%)
1 Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited $ 879 $ 321 $ — $ 1,200 20.3 %
2 Shandong Brother Technology Limited $ 609 $ 300 $ — $ 909 15.4 %
3 Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited $ 1,047 $ 251 $ — $ 1,298 21.9 %
4 Dongying Bomeite Chemical Company Limited $ 607 $ — $ — $ 607 10.3 %
5 Shandong Shouguang Shenrunfa Ocean Chemical Company Limited $ 768 $ — $ — $ 768 13 %
~~The following table shows the major customer(s)~~customers (10% or more) for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2019.~~March 31, 2020.

Number Customer
Bromine
(000’s)

Crude Salt
(000’s)

Chemical Products
(000’s)

Total
Revenue
(000’s)

Percentage of
Total
Revenue (%)
1 Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited $ 1,360 $ 72 $ — $ 1,432 23.9 %
2 Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited $ 1,100 $ 70 $ — $ 1,170 19.5 %
3 Shandong Brother Technology Limited, Kuerle Xingdong Trading Limited $ 1,039 $ 102 $ — $ 1,141 19 %
4
shouguang Shenrunfa
ocean Chemical Company Limited
$ 772 $ — $ — $ 772 12.9 %
~~The following table shows the major customer(s) (10% or more) for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019.~~
Number Customer
Bromine
(000’s)

Crude Salt
(000’s)

Chemical Products
(000’s)

Total
Revenue
(000’s)

Percentage of
Total
Revenue (%)
Customer
Bromine
(000’s)

Crude Salt
(000’s)

Chemical Products
(000’s)

Total
Revenue
(000’s)

Percentage of
Total
Revenue (%)
1 Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited $ 1,360 $ 72 $ — $ 1,432 23.9 % Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited $ 70 $ 41 $ — $ 111 20 %
2 Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited $ 1,100 $ 70 $ — $ 1,170 19.5 % Shandong Brother Technology Limited $ 60 $ 36 $ — $ 96 17.1 %
3 Shandong Brother Technology Limited, Kuerle Xingdong Trading Limited $ 1,039 $ 102 $ — $ 1,141 19 % Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited $ 65 $ 18 $ — $ 83 14.9 %
4
Shouguang Shenrunfa
ocean Chemical Company Limited
$ 772 $ — $ — $ 772 12.9 % Dongying Bomeite Chemical Company Limited $ 70 $ — $ — $ 70 12.5 %
5 Shandong Shouguang Shenrunfa Ocean Chemical Company Limited $ 57 $ — $ — $ 57 10.2 %
6 Shouguang JinWang Chemical Company Limited $ 56 $ — $ — $ 56 10 %

NOTE ~~16–~~15– CUSTOMER CONCENTRATION

During the ~~six-month~~three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, the Company sold ~~82.4%~~74.5% of its products to its top five ~~customers, respectively.~~customers. As of ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021, amounts due from these customers were $3,571,150.
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the Company sold 84.8% of its products to its top six customers. As of March 31, 2020, amounts due from these customers were ~~$2,488,001.~~
~~During the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 84% of its products to its top five customers, respectively. As of June 30, 2019, amounts due from these customers were $5,663,578.~~$526,288.

NOTE ~~17–~~16 – MAJOR SUPPLIERS

During the ~~six-month~~three-month period ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021, the Company purchased 100% of its raw materials from its top five suppliers.  As of March 31, 2021, amounts due to those suppliers were $1,040,950.
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the Company purchased 100% of its raw materials from its top five suppliers.  As of ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2020, amounts due to those suppliers were ~~$286,401.~~$53,707.
~~During the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, the Company purchased 100% of its raw materials from its top five suppliers.  As of June 30, 2019, amounts due to those suppliers were $389,780.~~

NOTE 1817 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The carrying values of financial instruments, which consist of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable and other payables, approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments.  There were no material unrecognized financial assets and liabilities as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

NOTE 1918 – CAPITAL COMMITMENT AND OTHER SERVICE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
The Company has no purchase commitments as of March 31, 2021.

The following table sets forth the Company’s contractual obligations as of ~~June 30, 2020:~~March 31, 2021:

Property Management Fees Capital Expenditure Property Management Fees Capital Expenditure
Payable within:
the next 12 months $ 88,121 $ 5,323,609 $ 94,940 $ 12,391,563
the next 13 to 24 months 88,121 407,553 94,940 748,433
the next 25 to 36 months 88,121 — — —
Total $ 264,363 $ 5,731,162 $ 189,880 $ 13,139,996

NOTE 2019 –LOSS CONTINGENCIES

On or about August 3, 2018, written decisions of administration penalty captioned Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 291, Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 292, Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 293, Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 294, Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 295 and Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 296 (together, the “Written Decisions”) were served on Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited (“SCHC”) by Shouguang City Natural Resources and Planning Bureau (the “Bureau”), naming SCHC as respondent respectively thereof. The Decisions challenged the land use of Factory nos. 2, 9, 7, 4, 8 and 10, respectively, and alleged, among other things, that SCHC had illegally occupied and used the land in the total area of approximately 52,674 square ~~meters,~~meter, on which Factory nos. 2, 9, 7, 4, 8 and 10 were built, respectively. The Written Decisions ordered SCHC, among other things, to return the land subject to the Written Decisions to its respective legal owner, restore the land to its original state, and demolish or confiscate all the buildings and facilities thereon and pay monetary penalty of approximately RMB 1.3 million ($184,000) in the aggregate. Each of the Written Decisions shall be executed within 15 days upon serving on SCHC. Additional interest penalty shall be imposed at a daily rate of 3% in the event that SCHC does not make the monetary penalty payment in a timely manner. Subsequently, the Bureau filed enforcement actions to the People’s Court of Shouguang City, Shandong Province (the “Court”), naming SCHC as enforcement respondent and alleged, among other things, that SCHC failed to perform its obligations under each of the Written Decisions within the specified timeframe. The enforcement proceedings sought court orders to enforce the Written Decisions. On May 5, 2019, written decisions of administrative ruling captioned (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 384, (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 385, (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 389, (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 390, (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 393, and (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 394, respectively (together, the “Court Rulings”) were made by the Court in favor of the Bureau. The Court orders, among other relief, to enforce each of the Written Decisions, to return each subject land to its legal ~~owner~~owners and demolish or confiscate the buildings and facilities thereon and restore the land to its original state within 10 days from the service of the Court Rulings on SCHC. The Court Rulings became enforceable immediately upon service on SCHC on May 5, 2019.

In the last twenty years, to the Company’s knowledge, there were no government regulations requiring bromine manufacturers to obtain land use and planning approval document. As such, the Company believes most of the bromine manufacturers in Shouguang City do not have land use and planning approval documents and lease their land parcels from the village associations. They are facing the same issues in connection with land use and planning as the Company. To the Company’s knowledge, the local government has submitted its plan to solve the issues to higher authority and are waiting for approval from the higher authority.

The Company is in the process of resolving the issues in connection with SCHC’s land use and planning diligently. The Company has been in discussions closely with the local government authorities with the help from Shouguang City Bromine Association to seek reliefs and, based on verbal confirmation by local government authorities, believes the administrative penalties imposed by the Bureau according to the Written Decisions are being re-assessed by local government authorities and may be revoked. ~~The Company has obtained one confirmation from~~Pursuant to a Written Application dated October 28, 2019 addressed to the ~~local government authorities that~~Court by the Bureau, the Bureau withdrew its application for the enforcement proceedings regarding the administrative penalty imposed on Factory No. 7, , Factory No. 8 and Factory ~~No.10 are being revoked which are waiting for~~No.10. Pursuant to a written decisions of administrative ruling captioned (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 389 Zhi Yi, dated November 25, 2020, the Court ~~formal approval ,and production~~orders to terminate the enforcement of the case captioned (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 389. Production of Factory No. 7 was allowed to resume in April 2019. The Company received a notification from the Shouguang City Government in February 2019 informing the Company that Factory No. 1, No.4, No. 7 and No. 9 have passed inspection and were approved to resume operation.
In addition, on August 28, 2019, the People’s Government of Shandong Province, issued a regulation titled “Investment Project Management Requirements of Chemical Companies in Shandong Province” permitting the construction of facilities on existing sites or infrastructure of bromine manufacturing and other chemical industry-related types of projects (clause 11 of section 3)~~.The~~. The Company believes that the goal of the government is to standardize and regulate the industry and not to demolish the facilities or penalize the manufacturers. As of the date of this report, the Company has not been notified by the local government that it will take any measure to enforce the administrative penalties. Based on information known to date, the Company believes that it is remote that the Written Decisions or Court Rulings will be enforced within the expected timeframe and a material penalty or costs and expenses against the Company will result. However, there can be no assurance that there will not be any further enforcement action, the occurrence of which may result in further liabilities, penalties and operational disruption.

In view of the above facts and circumstances, the Company believes that it is not necessary to accrue for any estimated losses or impairment as of ~~June 30, 2020.~~March 31, 2021.
NOTE 20 - SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On April 26, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with its officers and employees, pursuant to which the options to purchase 115,600 shares of our common stock granted on August 23, 2017 were cancelled.
On May 10, 2021, the Company entered into restricted stock agreements with its consultant, officers, directors and employees, pursuant to which the Company issued a total of 472,000 restricted shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0005 per share under the Company’s 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The discussion below contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.  We have used words such as “believes,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “expects” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on information currently available to us and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, performance, business prospects and opportunities and the timing of certain events to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements.  Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update such factors or to publicly announce the results of any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future events, developments, or changed circumstances, or for any other reason.

Overview

We are a holding company which conducts operations through our wholly-owned China-based subsidiaries. Our business is conducted and reported in four segments, namely, bromine, crude salt, chemical products and natural gas.

Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, SCHC, we produce and trade bromine and crude salt. We are one of the largest producers of bromine in China, as measured by production output. Elemental bromine is used to manufacture a wide variety of bromine compounds used in industry and agriculture. Bromine also is used to form intermediary chemical compounds such as Tetramethylbenzidine. Bromine is commonly used in brominated flame retardants, fumigants, water purification compounds, dyes, medicines and disinfectants. Crude salt is the principal material in alkali production as well as chlorine alkali production and is widely used in the chemical, food and beverage, and other industries. SCHC is also planning to be involved in activities related to seawater desalination, seawater desalination technology research and service and to handle the import and export of goods and technologies within the scope permitted by the state.

Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, SYCI, we manufacture and sell chemical products used in oil and gas field exploration, oil and gas distribution, oil field drilling, papermaking chemical agents, inorganic chemicals and manufacture and sell materials that are used for human and animal antibiotics.

Our wholly-owned subsidiary, DCHC, was established to explore and develop natural gas and brine resources (including bromine and crude salt) in Sichuan Province, China.

As disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2017, the Company received, on September 1, 2017, letters from the Yangkou County, Shouguang City government addressed to each of its subsidiaries, SCHC and SYCI, which stated that in an effort to improve the safety and environmental protection management level of chemical enterprises, the plants are requested to immediately stop production and perform rectification and improvements in accordance with the country’s new safety and environmental protection requirements. In the Company’s press release of August 11, 2017 and on its conference call of August 14, 2017, the Company addressed concerns that increased government enforcement of stringent environmental rules that were adopted in early 2017 to insure corporations bring their facilities up to necessary standards so that pollution and other negative environmental issues are limited and remediated, could have an impact on our business in both the short and long-term. The Company also expressed that although it believed its facilities were fully compliant at the time, the Company did not know how its facilities would fare under the new rules and that the Company expected to have a full understanding of the implications within the next two months. Teams of inspectors from the government were sent to many provinces to inspect all mining and manufacturing facilities. The local government requested that facilities be closed, so that the facilities can undergo the inspection and analysis in the most efficient manner by inspectors’ team. As a result, our facilities were closed on September 1, 2017.
The Company believes that this is another step by the government to improve the environment. It further believes the goal of the government is not to close all plants, but rather to codify the regulations related to project approval, land use, planning approval and environmental protection assessment approval so that illegal plants are not able to open in the future and so that plants close to population centers do not cause serious environmental damage. In addition, the Company believes that the Shandong provincial government wants to assure that each of its regional and county governments has applied the Notice in a consistent manner.
The Shouguang City Bromine Association, on behalf of all the bromine plants in Shouguang, has started discussions with the local government agencies. The local governmental agencies confirmed the facts that their initial requirements for the bromine industry did not include the project approval, the planning approval and the land use rights approval and that those three additional approvals were new requirements of the provincial government. The Company understood from the local government that it has been coordinating with several government agencies to solve these three outstanding approval issues in a timely manner and that all the affected bromine plants are not allowed to commence production prior to obtaining those approvals.
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~~Recent Development~~
~~On September 21, 2018,~~In February 2019, the Company received a ~~closing notice~~notification from the ~~People's~~local government of Yangkou County that its Factory No. 1, No.4, No. 7 and No. 9 have passed inspection and can resume operations. In April 2019, Factory No. 1 and No. 7 resumed operations.
On February 28, 2020, the Company announced that it received an approval from the government to resume bromine production after winter temporary closure. Subsequently, it received another approval from the Shouguang Yangkou People’s Government dated on March 5, 2020 to resume production at its bromine factories No.1, No. 4, No.7 and No. 9 in order to meet the needs of bromide products for epidemic prevention and control. With these two approvals, the Company was allowed to take the steps to resume production at all four bromine factories.
The Company is still waiting for governmental approval for factories No.2, No.8, and No.10. To its knowledge, the government is currently completing its planning process for all mining areas including that for prevention of flood. As a result, the Company may be required to make some modifications to our current wells and aqueducts prior to commencement of operations of these factories to satisfy the local government's requirements. The Company expects to receive approvals for these factories by the second half of 2021 due to the COVID-19 impact.
On November 24, 2017, the Company received a letter from the People’s Government of Yangkou ~~Town,~~County, Shouguang City ~~informing it~~notifying the Company that ~~its three bromine factories (No. 3, No. 4,~~due to the new standards and ~~No. 11.) are not allowed~~regulations relating to ~~resume~~safety production and ~~hence~~environmental pollution, from certain local governmental departments, such as the municipal environmental protection department, the security supervision department and the fire department, its chemical plants would have to be relocated to a new industrial park called Bohai Marine Fine Chemical Industry Park. Chemical companies that were not being asked to move into the park will be permanently closed. Although our chemical plants were in compliance with regulations, they were also close to a residential area. As a result, the government determined we should relocate to the Bohai park. Since our chemical factories closed, the Company has secured from the government the land use rights for its chemical plants located at the Bohai Park and presented a completed construction design draft and other related documents to ~~demolish these factories. The crude salt fields surrounding these factories have been reclaimed as cultivated or construction land and hence did not meet~~ the ~~requirement~~local authorities for ~~bromine and crude salt co-production set~~approval. On January 6, 2020, the Company received the environmental protection approval by the ~~relevant authority.~~government of Shouguang City, Shandong Province for the proposed Yuxin Chemical factory. The Company began the construction on its new chemical facilities located at Bohai Marine Fine Chemical Industrial Park in June 2020. The construction is expected to take approximately one year, and an additional six months to complete the equipment installation and testing. The Company expects to begin trial production at the beginning of 2022.

In January 2017, the Company completed the first brine water and natural gas well field construction in ~~Daying located~~Sichuan Province and announced the commencement of trial production. The Company has been working with Xinan Shiyou Daxue (Southwest Petroleum University) and developed a solution to DHCH’s technical drilling problem. In resolving the problem, the Company purchased customized equipment for its natural gas project. The installation of such equipment, including providing piping and electricity, was completed in July 2018. The Company has completed the test production at its first natural gas well in Sichuan Province and has commenced trial production in January 2019. Later On May 29, 2019, the Company received a verbal notice from the government of Tianbao Town, ~~,Daying~~Daying County, Sichuan Province, whereby the Company is required to obtain project approval for its well located in Daying, including the whole natural gas and brine water project, and approvals for safety production inspection, environmental protection assessment, and to solve the related land issue. Until these approvals have been received, the Company has to temporarily halt trial production at its natural gas well in Daying. ~~In compliance with~~
As a result of our acquisitions of SCHC and SYCI, our historical consolidated financial statements and the ~~Chinese government new policies,~~information presented below reflects the ~~Company is also required to obtain an exploration license~~accounts of SCHC, SYCI and ~~a mining license for bromine natural gas, respectively. Pursuant to~~DCHC, the ~~Opinions~~condensed consolidated financial statements and the information presented below as of the Ministry of Natural Resources on Several Issues in Promoting the Reform of Mineral Resources Management (Trial) promulgated by the Ministry of Natural Resources of PRC on January 9, 2020, which came into effect on May 1, 2020, privately owned enterprises are allowed to participate in the natural gas production. The Company plans to proceed with its applicationsand for the ~~natural gas~~quarter ended March 31, 2021. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and ~~brine project approvals with related government departments.~~notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.

The Company received an approval from the Shouguang Yangkou People’s Government dated on March 5, 2020 allowing the Company to resume production at its bromine factories No.1, No. 4 (which was renamed from Subdivision Factory No. 1), No.7 and No. 9 in order to meet the needs
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Table of bromide products for epidemic prevention and control. As of the date of this report, all those four bromine factories have commenced commercial production of bromine and crude salt. Factory no. 1 and no. 7 resumed operation in March 2020 and Factory no. 4 and no. 9 resumed operation in May 2020.Contents
At the present time, our chemical factory SYCI is closed pursuant to the letter from government dated on November 24, 2017. It will be relocated to Bohai Marine Fine Chemical Industry Park, Shouguang City. To date, we have secured the land for our new chemical factory. The Company also has had the final approval regarding environmental protection assessment. The Company expects to start our new chemical factory construction within the second quarter of 2020.

Our current corporate structure chart is set forth in the following diagram:

As a result of our acquisitions of SCHC and SYCI, our historical financial statements and the information presented below reflects the accounts of SCHC, SYCI and DCHC. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table presents certain information derived from the condensed consolidated statements of ~~operations,~~income, cash flows and ~~stockholders~~stockholders’ equity for the three-month ~~and six-month~~ periods ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and ~~2019.~~2020.

Comparison of the Three-Month ~~Period~~Periods Ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020 ~~and 2019~~

Three-Month Period
Ended June 30, 2020 Three-Month Period
Ended June 30, 2019 Percent Change
Increase/
(Decrease) Three-Month Period
Ended March 31, 2021 Three-Month Period
Ended March 31, 2020 Percent Change
Increase/
(Decrease)
Net revenue $ 5,359,483 $ 6,009,409 (11 %) $ 5,259,243 $ 557,670 843 %
Cost of net revenue (5,022,896 ) (2,990,330 ) 68 % $ (4,181,389 ) $ (921,320 ) 353 %
Gross profit 336,587 3,019,079 (89 %)
Gross profit (loss) $ 1,077,854 $ (363,650 ) 396 %
Sales, marketing and other operating expenses (10,838 ) (6,613 ) 64 % $ (9,545 ) $ (2,243 ) 325 %
Research and development costs — — —
Direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown (1,737,599 ) (2,875,285 ) (40 %) $ (2,613,483 ) (3,610,423 ) (27 %)
Other operating expense $ — (15,776 ) —
General and administrative expenses (1,541,702 ) (1,335,347 ) 15 % $ (1,736,250 ) $ (843,337 ) 106 %
Loss from operations (2,953,552 ) (1,198,166 ) 147 % $ (3,281,424 ) $ (4,835,429 ) (32 %)
Other income 36,300 94,477 (62 %)
Other income, net $ 35,591 $ 39,228 (9 %)
Loss before taxes (2,917,252 ) (1,103,689 ) 164 % $ (3,245,833 ) $ (4,796,201 ) (32 %)
Income tax benefit 672,633 365,983 84 % $ 743,709 $ 1,256,443 (41 %)
Net loss $ (2,244,619 ) $ (737,706 ) 204 % $ (2,502,124 ) $ (3,539,758 ) (29 %)
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Net ~~revenue.~~revenue The table below shows the changes in net revenue in the respective segment of the Company for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020 as~~March 31, 2021 compared to the same period in ~~2019:~~2020:

Net Revenue by Segment Net Revenue by Segment
Three-Month Period Ended Three-Month Period Ended Percent Change
Increase (Decrease) Three-Month Period Ended Three-Month Period Ended Percent Change
June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 of Net Revenue March 31, 2021 March 31, 2020 Increase
Segment % of total % of total % of total % of total
Bromine $ 4,487,017 83.72 % $ 5,751,164 95.7 % (21.99 %) $ 4,810,990 92 % $ 462,846 83 % 939 %
Crude Salt 872,466 16.28 % 245,079 4.1 % 256 % $ 448,253 8 % $ 94,824 17 % 373 %
Chemical Products — — — — — $ — — $ — — —
Natural Gas — — 13,166 0.2 % (100 %) $ — — $ — — —
Total sales $ 5,359,483 100 % $ 6,009,409 100 % (11 %) $ 5,259,243 100 % $ 557,670 100 % 843 %

Three-Month Period Ended Percentage Change
Bromine and crude salt segments product sold in tonnes March 31, 2021 March 31, 2020 Increase
Bromine (excluded volume sold to SYCI) 955 122 683 %
Crude Salt 20,436 5,341 283 %

Bromine and crude salt segments Three-Month Period Ended Percentage Change
product sold in tonnes June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 Increase (Decrease)
Bromine 1,222 1,299 (6 %)
Crude Salt 53,532 9,827 445 %
Three-Month Period Ended Percentage
Natural gas segments product sold in cubic metre June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 Change
Natural Gas — 89,699 (100 %)
Three-Month Period Ended Percentage Change
Natural gas segments product sold in cubic metre March 31, 2021 March 31, 2020 Decrease
Natural Gas — — —

Bromine segment

For the three-month periods ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020, ~~and 2019,~~ the net revenue for the bromine segment was ~~$4,487,017~~$4,810,990 and ~~$5,751,164,~~$462,846, respectively, ~~mainly~~ due to the ~~lower volume of~~fact that four plants resumed production and ~~lower selling price.~~sales in the first quarter of 2021, while only two plants were in operation in the first quarter of 2020.

Crude salt segment

For the three-month periods ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020, ~~and 2019,~~ the net revenue for the crude salt was ~~$872,466~~$448,253 and ~~$245,079 mainly~~$94,824 due to the ~~higher volume~~fact that production and sales resumed at three plants in the first quarter of ~~production. .~~
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Chemical products segment

For the three-month periods ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020, ~~and 2019,~~ the net revenue for the chemical products segment was $0 due to the closure of our chemical factories since September 1, 2017. As a result ~~of the closure,~~ there were no chemical products for sale for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020. We are setting up a~~March 31, 2021. Our new chemical factory is under construction in Bohai Park.
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Natural gas segment

For the three-month period ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020, the net revenue for the natural gas was $0. On May 29, 2019, the Company received a verbal notice from the government of Tianbao Town ,Daying County, Sichuan Province, whereby the Company is required to obtain project approval for its well located in Daying, including the whole natural gas and brine water project, and approvals for safety production inspection, environmental protection assessment, and to solve the related land issue. Until these approvals have been received, the Company has to temporarily halt trial production at its natural gas well in Daying. Based on the government new policies, the Company is also required to obtain an exploration license and a mining license for bromine and natural gas, respectively.
~~For the three-month period ended June 30, 2019, the net revenue for the natural gas was $13,166. We commenced natural gas trial production in January 2019.~~

Cost of Net Revenue

Cost of Net Revenue by Segment Percent Change Cost of Net Revenue by Segment Percent Change
Three-Month Period Ended Three-Month Period Ended of Cost of Three-Month Period Ended Three-Month Period Ended of Cost of
June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 Net Revenue March 31, 2021 March 31, 2020 Net Revenue
Segment % of total % of total % of total % of total
Bromine $ 4,269,239 85 % $ 2,717,808 91 % 57 % $ 3,514,046 84 % $ 609,820 66 % 476 %
Crude Salt 753,657 15 % 258,641 8.5 % 191 % $ 667,343 16 % $ 311,500 34 % 114 %
Chemical Products — — — — — $ — — $ — — —
Natural Gas — — 13,881 0.5 % (100 %) $ — — $ — — —
Total $ 5,022,896 100 % $ 2,990,330 100 % 68 % $ 4,181,389 100 % $ 921,320 100 % 353 %

Cost of net revenue reflects mainly the raw materials consumed and the direct salaries and benefits of staff engaged in the production process, electricity, depreciation and amortization of manufacturing plant and machinery and other manufacturing costs.

Bromine production capacity and utilization of our factories

The table below represents the annual capacity and utilization ratios for all of our bromine producing properties:

Annual Production Capacity (in tonnes) Utilization
Ratio (i)
Three-month period ended June 30, 2019 31,506 18 %
Three-month period ended June 30, 2020 31,506 15 %
Variance of the three-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 — (3 %)
Annual Production Capacity (in tonnes) Utilization
Ratio (i)
Three-month period ended March 31, 2020 31,506 — 5 %
Three-month period ended March 31, 2021 31,506 — 17 %
Variance of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 — 12 %

(i) Utilization ratio is calculated based on the annualized actual production volume in tonnes for the periods divided by the annual production capacity in ~~tonnes of all the seven factories including those that have not commenced operations.~~tonnes.

Our utilization ratio was ~~15%~~17% for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021, an increase of 12% compared to ~~18% recorded~~that for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2019 mainly~~March 31, 2020 because ~~the overall market environment has not fully recovered, leading~~four plants resumed production in March 31, 2021 compared to ~~a lower demand for our products.~~two plants in operations in March 31, 2020.

Bromine segment

For the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 the cost of net revenue for the bromine segment was ~~$4,269,239.~~$3,514,046. This ~~$1,551,431~~$2,904,226 increase was primarily attributable to the increase in factory overhead per unit produced, , which was mainly caused by the increase in depreciation charges of plant and equipment ~~that were placed in service in March and May in 2020~~ for four factories that resumed operation in the three-month ended ~~June 30, 2020.~~March 31, 2021.

For the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2019~~March 31, 2020 the cost of net revenue for the bromine segment was ~~$2,717,808.~~$609,820.

Crude salt segment

For the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 the cost of net revenue for the crude salt segment was ~~$753,657.~~$667,343. This ~~$495,016~~$355,843 increase was primarily attributable to the increase in factory overhead per unit produced, , which was mainly caused by the increase in depreciation charges of plant and equipment ~~that were placed in service in March and May in 2020~~ for three factories that resumed operation in the three-month ended ~~June 30, 2020.~~March 31, 2021.

For the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2019~~March 31, 2020 the cost of net revenue for the crude salt segment was ~~$258,641.~~$311,500.
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Chemical products segment

Cost of net revenue for our chemical products segment for the three-month period ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020 ~~and 2019~~ was $0 due to the closure of our chemical factories since September 1, 2017. As a result of the closure, there were no chemical products for sale for the three-month period ended June 30, 2020. We are setting up a new factory in Bohai Park.$0.

Natural gas segment

Cost of net revenue for our natural gas segment for the three-month period ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $0.

~~Cost of net revenue for our natural gas segment for the three-month period ended June 30, 2019 was $13,881.~~
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Gross ~~Profit.~~ Profit(Loss)Gross profit was ~~$336,587,~~$1,077,854, or 6%21%, of net revenue for three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, representing ~~a decrease~~an increase of ~~$2,682,492~~$1,441,504 (or ~~44%~~86%), as compared to a gross ~~profit~~loss of ~~$3,019,079,~~$363,650, or ~~50%~~65%, of net revenue for the same period in ~~2019.~~2020.

Gross Profit (Loss) by Segment % Point Change Gross Profit(Loss) by Segment % Point Change
Three-Month Period Ended Three-Month Period Ended of Gross Three-Month Period Ended Three-Month Period Ended of Gross
June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 Profit Margin March 31, 2021 March 31, 2020 Profit (Loss) Margin
Segment Gross Profit Margin Gross Profit Margin Gross Profit Margin Gross Profit Margin
Bromine $ 217,778 5 % $ 3,033,356 53 % (48 %) $ 1,296,944 27 % $ (146,974 ) (32 %) 59 %
Crude Salt 118,809 14 % (13,562 ) (6 %) 20 % $ (219,090 ) (49 %) $ (216,676 ) (229 %) 180 %
Chemical Products — — — — $ — — $ — — —
Natural Gas — — (715 ) — — $ — — — — —
Total Gross Profit $ 336,587 6 % $ 3,019,079 50 % (44 %)
Total Gross Profit (Loss) $ 1,077,854 21 % $ (363,650 ) (65 %) 86 %

Bromine segment

For the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, the gross profit margin for our bromine segment was 5%27%. This ~~48% decrease~~59% increase was ~~primarily attributable~~due to the ~~increase in factory overhead per unit produced mainly due to lower volume of~~fact that production ~~lower selling price~~ and ~~the increase in depreciation charges of plant and equipment that were placed in service in March and April in 2020 for factories that~~sales resumed ~~operation~~at four plants in the ~~three-month ended June 30, 2020.~~first quarter of 2021, while only two plants resumed production in the first quarter of 2020, which caused the production volume to increase and unit cost to fall.

For the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2019,~~March 31, 2020, the gross ~~profit~~loss margin for our bromine segment was ~~53%~~32%.

Crude salt ~~segment~~segment

For the three-month period ended June 30, 2020, the gross profit margin for our crude salt segment was 14%. This 20% increase in the three-month period ended June 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily attributable to higher volume of production in the three month ended June 30, 2020 compared to that recorded in the same period in 2019.
~~For the three-month period ended June 30, 2019,~~March 31, 2021, the gross loss margin for our crude salt segment was 6%
~~Chemical products segment~~49%. This 180% increase was due to the fact that production and sales resumed at three plants in the first quarter of 2021, while only two plants resumed production in the first quarter of 2020, which caused the production volume to increase and unit cost to fall.

For the three-month period ended June 30, 2020, the gross profit margin for our chemical segment was 0% due to the closure of our plant and factories to perform rectification and improvement in 2017. All chemical products inventories were sold as of June 30, 2019. As a result, there were no chemical products for sale for the three-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.
~~Natural gas segment~~
~~For the three-month period ended June 30,~~March 31, 2020, the gross loss margin for our ~~natural gas~~crude salt segment was 0%229%.

Direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown~~The~~ On September 1, 2017, the Company received notification from the government of Yangkou County, Shouguang City of PRC that stated that production at all its bromine and crude salt and chemical factories should be halted with immediate effect in order for the Company to perform rectification and improvement in accordance with the county’s new safety and environmental protection requirements. On November 24, 2017, the Company received a letter from the Government of Yangkou County, Shouguang City notifying the Company to relocate its two chemical production plants located in the second living area of the Qinghe Oil Extraction Plant to Bohai Park. As a result, direct labor and factory overhead costs (including depreciation of plant and machinery) in the amount of ~~$1,737,599and $2,875,285~~$2,613,483 and $3,610,423 incurred for the three-month ~~period end June 30, 2020and 2019,~~periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, ~~were that~~ of ~~the~~ factories that have not resumed ~~operations~~production were presented as part of the operating expense. The decrease in the direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown in the three-month ~~periods~~period ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020 ~~and 2019.~~was due to five plants not in operation in 2020, but only three were not in operation in 2021.
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General and Administrative ~~Expenses.~~ ExpensesGeneral and administrative expenses were ~~$1,541,702~~$1,736,250 for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, an increase of ~~$206,355(or 15.5%~~$892,913 (or 106%) as compared to ~~$1,335,347~~$843,337 for the same period in ~~2019.~~
~~Income (loss) from Operations~~ ~~Loss from operations~~2020. The increase was ~~$2,953,552 for~~mainly due to the unrealized foreign currency transaction loss on intercompany balance recorded in three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021 compared to an ~~income of $1,198,166~~unrealized foreign currency transaction gain on intercompany balance recorded in the same period in ~~2019.~~the previous year.

Loss from Operations by Segment
Three-Month Period Ended
June 30, 2020 Three-Month Period Ended
June 30, 2019
Segment: % of total % of total
Bromine $ (1,479,084 ) 53 % $ (36,713 ) 2 %
Crude Salt (611,472 ) 22 % (828,736 ) 52 %
Chemical Products (654,652 ) 23 % (656,424 ) 42 %
Natural Gas (53,270 ) 2 % (61,401 ) 4 %
Loss from operations before corporate costs (2,798,478 ) 100 % (1,583,274 ) 100 %
Corporate costs (136,956 ) (162,547 )
Unrealized gain on translation of Intercompany balance (18,118 ) 547,655
Loss from operations $ (2,953,552 ) $ (1,198,166 )
Loss from Operations Loss from operations was $3,281,424 the three-month period ended March 31, 2021, compared to loss from operation of $4,835,429 in the same period in 2020.

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Loss from Operations by Segment
Three-Month Period Ended
March 31, 2021 Three-Month Period Ended
March 31, 2020
Segment: % of total % of total
Bromine $ (1,279,565 ) 41 % $ (2,866,438 ) 56 %
Crude Salt (1,009,585 ) 33 % (1,513,582 ) 29 %
Chemical Products (746,469 ) 24 % (710,909 ) 14 %
Natural Gas (54,787 ) 2 % (48,846 ) 1 %
Loss from operations before corporate costs (3,090,406 ) 100 % (5,139,775 ) 100 %
Corporate cost (86,206 ) (96,103 )
Unrealized gain (loss) on translation of intercompany balance (104,812 ) 400,449
Loss from operations $ (3,281,424 ) $ (4,835,429 )

Bromine segment

Loss from operations from our bromine segment was ~~$1,479,084~~$1,279,565 for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, compared to loss from operations of ~~$36,713~~$2,866,438 in the same period in ~~2019. The increase in this loss was mainly due to depreciation of plant and equipment placed in service when the four factories resumed operation in the three-month period ended June 30,~~ 2020.

Crude salt segment

Loss from operations from our crude salt segment was ~~$611,472~~$1,009,585 for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, compared to loss from operations of ~~$828,736~~$1,513,582 in the same period in ~~2019.~~2020.

Chemical products segment

Loss from operations from our chemical products segment was ~~$654,652~~$746,469 for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, compared to loss from operations of ~~$656,424~~$710,909 in the same period in ~~2019.~~2020.

Natural gas segment

Loss from operations from our natural gas segment was ~~$53,270~~$54,787 for the three -month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, compared to a loss of ~~$61,401~~$48,846 in the same period in ~~2019.~~2020.

Other Income Net Other income, net of ~~$36,300~~$35,591 represented bank interest income, net of ~~capital~~finance lease interest expense for the three -month period ended ~~June 30, 2020, an~~March 31, 2021, a decrease of ~~$58,177~~$3,637 (or approximately ~~62%~~9%) as compared to the same period in ~~2019.~~2020.

Net ~~Income (loss)~~ LossNet loss was ~~$2,244,619~~$2,502,124 for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, compared to a net loss of ~~$737, 706~~$3,539,758 in the same period in ~~2019.~~2020.
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Effective Tax Rate Our effective ~~income~~ tax ~~benefit~~ rate for the three-month ~~period~~periods ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021 and 2020 ~~and 2019 were~~was 23% and ~~33%~~26% respectively. The effective tax rate for the three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 was 2% lower than the PRC statutory income tax rate of 25%, mainly due to ~~non-taxable items~~a non-deductible item in connection with the unrealized exchange ~~gain~~loss and an increase in valuation allowance recorded for deferred tax assets arising from net operating losses of the ~~Company off set by non-deductible expense.~~parent company.

~~Comparison of the Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019~~
Six-Month Period
Ended June 30, 2020 Six-Month Period
Ended June 30, 2019 Percent Change
Increase/
(Decrease)
Net revenue $ 5,917,153 $ 6,047,979 (2 %)
Cost of net revenue (5,944,216 ) (3,026,737 ) 96 %
Gross profit (27,063 ) 3,021,242 101 %
Sales, marketing and other operating expenses (13,081 ) (6,613 ) 98 %
Direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown (5,348,022 ) (7,168,307 ) (25 %)
Other operating loss (15,776 ) (100 %)
General and administrative expenses (2,385,039 ) (3,440,518 ) (31 %)
Loss from operations (7,788,981 ) (7,594,196 ) 3 %
Other income 75,528 191,232 (61 %)
Loss before taxes (7,713,453 ) (7,402,964 ) 4 %
Income tax benefit 1,929,076 1,761,120 10 %
Net loss $ (5,784,377 ) $ (5,641,844 ) 3 %
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~~Net revenue.~~  ~~The table below shows the changes in net revenue in the respective segment of the Company for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020as compared to the same period in 2019:~~
Net Revenue by Segment
Six-Month Period Ended Six-Month Period Ended
Percent Increase (Decrease)
June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 of Net Revenue
Segment % of total % of total
Bromine $ 4,949,863 84 % $ 5,751,164 95 % (14 %)
Crude Salt 967,290 16 % 245,079 4 % 295 %
Chemical Products - - - -
Natural Gas - 51,736 1 % (100 %)
Total sales $ 5,917,153 100 % $ 6,047,979 100 % (2 %)
Bromine and crude salt segments Six-Month Period Ended Percentage Change
product sold in tonnes June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 Increase
Bromine (excluding volume sold to SYCI) 1,344 1,299 3 %
Crude Salt 58,873 9,827 499 %
Three-Month Period Ended Percentage Change
Natural gas segments product sold in cubic metre June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 Decrease
Natural Gas — 349,900 (100 %)
~~Bromine segment~~
Net revenue from our bromine segment decreased to $4,949,863 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 compared to $5,751,164 for the same period in 2019respectively, due to the lower volume of production, lower selling price.
~~Crude salt segment~~
Net revenue from our crude salt segment increased to $967,290for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 compared $245,079 for the same period in 2019,respectively, due to the higher volume of production.
~~Chemical products segment~~
~~For the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the net revenue for the chemical products segment was $0 due to the closure of our chemical factories since September 1, 2017.~~
~~Natural gas segment~~
~~For the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, the net revenue for the natural gas was $0.~~
~~For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, the net revenue for the natural gas was $51,736.~~
~~Cost of Net Revenue~~
Cost of Net Revenue by Segment % Change
Six-Month Period Ended Six-Month Period Ended of Cost of
June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 Net Revenue
Segment % of total % of total
Bromine $ 4,879,059 82 % $ 2,717,808 90 % 8 %
Crude Salt 1,065,157 18 % 258,641 8 % 10 %
Chemical Products — — — — —
Natural Gas — — 50,288 2 % —
Total $ 5,944,216 100 % $ 3,026,737 100 % 96 %
~~Cost~~of net revenue reflects mainly the raw materials consumed-direct salaries and benefits of staff engaged in the production process, electricity, depreciation and amortization of manufacturing plant and machinery and other manufacturing costs.
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~~Bromine production capacity and utilization of our factories~~
~~The table below represents the annual capacity and utilization ratios for all of our bromine producing properties:~~
Annual Production Capacity (in tonnes) Utilization
Ratio (i)
Six-month period ended June 30, 2019 31,506 18 %
Six-month period ended June 30, 2020 31,506 17 %
Variance of the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 — (1 %)
(i) Utilization ratio is calculated based on the annualized actual production volume in tonnes for the periods divided by the annual production capacity in tonnes of all the seven factories including those that have not commenced operations.
Our utilization ratio was 17% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 compared to 18% recorded for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 mainly because the overall market environment has not fully recovered, leading to a lower demand for our products.
~~Bromine segment~~
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 the cost of net revenue for the bromine segment was $4,879,059. This $2,161,251 increase was primarily attributable to the increase in factory overhead per unit produced, which maily caused by the increase in depreciation charges of plant and equipment that were placed in service in March and April in 2020 for factories that resumed operation in the six-month ended June 30, 2020.
~~For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 the cost of net revenue for the bromine segment was $2,717,808.~~
~~Crude salt segment~~
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 the cost of net revenue for the crude salt segment was $1,065,157.The cost of net revenue for our crude salt segment for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 was $258,641. This $806,516 increase was primarily attributable to the increase in factory overhead per unit produced , which mainly caused by the increase in depreciation charges of plant and equipment that were placed in service in March and April in 2020 for factories that resumed operation in the three-month ended June 30, 2020.
~~Natural gas segment~~
~~Cost of net revenue for our natural gas segment for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 was $0.~~
~~Cost of net revenue for our natural gas segment for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 was $50,288.~~
~~Gross Profit.~~ ~~Gross loss was $27,063, or 0.5%, of net revenue for six-month period ended June 30, 2020 compared to $3,021,242, or 50%, of net revenue for the same period in 2019.~~
Gross Profit (Loss) by Segment % Point Change
Six-Month Period Ended Six-Month Period Ended of Gross
June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 Profit Margin
Segment Gross Profit (loss) Margin Gross Profit Margin
Bromine $ 70,804 1 % $ 3,033,356 50 % (49 %)
Crude Salt (97,867 ) (10 %) (13,562 ) (0.2 %) (9.8 %)
Chemical Products — — — —
Natural Gas — — 1,448 3 % —
Total Gross Profit $ (27,063 ) (0.5 %) $ 3,021,242 50 % (50.5 %)
~~Bromine segment~~
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, the gross loss margin for our bromine segment was 1%. This 49% decrease was primarily attributable to the increase in factory overhead per unit produced mainly due to lower volume of production , which maily caused by the increase in depreciation charges of plant and equipment that were placed in service in March and April in 2020 for factories that resumed operation in the six-month ended June 30, 2020.
~~For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, the gross profit margin for our bromine segment was 50%.~~
~~Crude salt segment~~
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, the gross loss margin for our crude salt segment was 10%.This 9.8% decrease in the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily attributable to higher volume of production in the six month ended June 30, 2020 compared to that recorded in the same period in 2019.
~~For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 the gross loss margin for our crude salt segment was 0.2%.~~
~~Chemical products segment~~
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, the gross profit margin for our chemical segment was 0% due to the closure of our plant and factories to perform rectification and improvement. As a result of the course, there were no chemical products for sale for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020.
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~~Direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown~~ The direct labor and factory overhead costs (including depreciation of plant and machinery) in the amount of$5,348,022 and $7,168,307 incurred for the six-month period end June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were for factories that have not resumed production in the six-month periods ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.
~~General and Administrative Expenses.~~ ~~General and administrative expenses were $2,385,039 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, a decrease of $1,055,479 (or 31%) as compared to$3,440,518for the same period in 2019.~~
~~Income (Loss) from Operations.~~ ~~Loss from operations was $7,788,981 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, compared to a loss of $7,594,196 in the same period in 2019.~~
Income(Loss) from Operations by Segment
Six-Month Period Ended
June 30, 2020 Six-Month Period Ended
June 30, 2019
Segment: % of total % of total
Bromine $ (4,345,522 ) 55 % $ (3,661,727 ) 50 %
Crude Salt (2,125,054 ) 27 % (2,240,545 ) 31 %
Chemical Products (1,365,561 ) 17 % (1,329,974 ) 18 %
Natural Gas (102,116 ) 1 % (103,384 ) 1 %
Loss from operations before corporate costs (7,938,253 ) 100 % (7,335,630 ) 100 %
Corporate costs (233,059 ) (302,993 )
Unrealized gain on translation of intercompany balance 382,331 44,427
Loss from operations before taxes $ (7,788,981 ) $ (7,594,196 )
~~Bromine segment~~
~~Loss from operations from our bromine segment was $4,345,522 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, compared to a loss of $3,661,727 in the same period in 2019.~~
~~Crude salt segment~~
~~Loss from operations from our crude salt segment was $2,125,054 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, compared to a loss of $2,240,545 in the same period in 2019.~~
~~Chemical products segment~~
~~Loss from operations from our chemical products segment was $1,365,561 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, compared to a loss of $1,329,974 in the same period in 2019.~~
~~Natural gas segment~~
~~Loss from operations from our natural gas segment was $102,116 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, compared to a loss of $103,384in the same period in 2019.~~
~~Other Income, Net.~~ Other income, net of $75,528 represented bank interest income, net of capital lease interest expense for the six -month period ended June 30, 2020, a decrease of $115,704 (or approximately61%) as compared to the same period in 2019.
~~Net Income (Loss).~~ ~~Net loss was $5,784,377 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, compared to a net loss of $5,641,844 in the same period in 2019.~~
~~Effective Tax Rate.~~ ~~Our effective income tax benefit rate for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was 25% and 24%, respectively.~~ The effective tax rate for the ~~six-month~~three-month period ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2020 was ~~the same as~~1% higher than the PRC statutory income tax rate of 25%, ~~due to non-deductible expense, offset by non-taxable items. The effective tax benefit rate for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019was 1% lower than the PRC statutory income tax rate of 25%~~ mainly due to ~~non-deductible expense offset by~~ non-taxable ~~item~~items net of decrease in ~~connection with the unrealized exchange loss for the Company.~~change in valuation allowance.
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, cash and cash equivalents were ~~$89,972,591~~$96,699,324 as compared to ~~$100,301,986~~$94,222,538 as of December 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The components of this ~~decrease~~increase of ~~$10,329,395~~$2,476,786 are reflected below.

Statement of Cash Flows

Six-Month Period Ended June 30,
2020 2019
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $ 1,177,752 $ (6,766,051 )
Net cash used in investing activities (9,860,142 ) (11,501,738 )
Net cash used in financing activities (264,976 ) (275,506 )
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (1,382,029 ) (101,571 )
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents $ (10,329,395 ) $ (18,644,866 )
Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
2021 2020
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 3,341,395 $ 2,202,357
Net cash used in investing activities $ — $ (7,416,211 )
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents $ (864,609 ) $ (1,455,442 )
Net increase(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents $ 2,476,786 $ (6,669,296 )

For the ~~six-month~~three-month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, we met our working capital and capital investment requirements mainly by using cash on hand.

Net Cash ~~(used in)~~ Provided by Operating Activities

During the ~~six-month~~three -month period ended ~~June 30, 2020,~~March 31, 2021, cash flow provided by operating activities of approximately ~~$1.18~~$3.3 million was mainly due to a decrease in accounts receivable of ~~$1.8~~$1.6 million, and a non-cash adjustment related to depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment, reduced by a net loss of ~~$7.6~~$2.5 million and an adjustment for income tax benefit of ~~$1.93million.~~$0.7 million.

During the ~~six-month~~three -month period ended ~~June 30, 2019,~~March 31, 2020, cash flow ~~used in~~provided by operating activities of approximately ~~$6.8~~$2.2 million was mainly due to a ~~net loss of $5.6 million, an increase~~decrease in accounts receivable of ~~$6.8~~$4.2 million, and ~~inventories of $0.5 million, and a non-cash adjustment related to an increase in deferred tax assets of $1.8 million reduced by~~ a non-cash adjustment related to depreciation and amortization of property, plant and ~~equipment.~~equipment, reduced by a net loss of $3.5 million and an adjustment for income tax benefit of $1.2 million.

Accounts receivable

Cash collections on our accounts receivable had a major impact on our overall liquidity. The following table presents the aging analysis of our accounts receivable as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and December 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

June 30, 2020 December 31, 2019 March 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
% of total % of total % of total % of total
Aged 1-30 days $ 2,446,037 80 % $ — — $ 4,350,483 90 % $ 3,801,417 58 %
Aged 31-60 days 614,528 20 % — — 509,222 10 % 2,720,381 42 %
Aged 61-90 days — % — — — — — —
Aged 91-120 days — — — — — — — —
Aged 121-150 days — — 506,703 10 % — — — —
Aged 151-180 days — — 2,368,495 49 % — — — —
Aged 181-210 days — — 2,001,908 41 % — — — —
Aged 211-240 days — — — — — — — —
Total $ 3,060,565 100 % $ 4,877,106 (100 %) $ 4,859,705 100 % $ 6,521,798 100 %
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The overall accounts receivable balance as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 decreased by ~~$1,816,541,~~$1,662,093, as compared to those of December 31, ~~2019.~~2020. We have policies in place to ensure that sales are made to customers with an appropriate credit history. We perform ongoing credit evaluation on the financial condition of our customers. No allowance for doubtful accounts for the three-month ~~and six-month periods~~period ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 is required.

Inventory

Our inventory consists of the following:

June 30, 2020 December 31, 2019 March 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
% of total % of total % of total % of total
Raw materials $ 29,304 6 % $ 20,928 3 % $ 39,855 7 % $ 21,484 5 %
Finished goods 494,324 94 % 669,159 97 % 536,752 93 % 398,125 95 %
Total $ 523,628 100 % $ 690,087 100 % $ 576,607 100 % $ 419,609 100 %

The net inventory level as of ~~June 30, 2020 decreased~~March 31, 2021 increased by ~~$174,835~~$156,998 (or ~~26%~~37%), as compared to the net inventory level as of December 31, ~~2019.~~2020.
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Raw materials increased by ~~$8,376~~$18,371 as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 as compared to December 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

Our finished goods ~~decreased~~increased by ~~$174,835~~$138,627 as of ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 as compared to December 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

For the ~~six-month~~three-month period ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2021, we have no investing activities.
For the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, we used approximately ~~$9.9~~$7.4 million ~~to acquire property, plant and equipment.~~
~~For the six-month period ended June30, 2019, we used approximately $11.5million~~ to acquire property, plant and equipment.

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

~~For~~We have no financing activities for the ~~six-month period~~three-month periods ended ~~June 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 and ~~2019, we used $0.3 million to repay finance lease obligation.~~ 2020.

We believe that our available funds and cash flows generated from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated ongoing operating needs and our obligations as they full due in the next twelve (12) months.

We had available cash of approximately ~~$90~~$96.7 million at ~~June 30, 2020, all~~March 31, 2021, most of which is in highly liquid current deposits which earn no or little interest. We do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

We intend to continue to focus our efforts on the activities of SCHC, SYCI and DCHC as these segments continue to expand within the Chinese market.

We may not be able to identify, successfully integrate or profitably manage any businesses or business segment we may acquire, or any expansion of our business. An expansion may involve a number of risks, including possible adverse effects on our operating results, diversion of management’s attention, inability to retain key personnel, risks associated with unanticipated events, risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial statement effect of potential impairment of acquired intangible assets, any of which could have a materially adverse effect on our condition and results of operations. In addition, if competition for acquisition candidates or operations were to increase, the cost of acquiring businesses could increase materially. We may effect an acquisition with a target business which may be financially unstable, under-managed, or in its early stages of development or growth. Our inability to implement and manage our expansion strategy successfully may have a material adverse effect on our business and future prospects.

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Contractual Obligations and Commitments

We have no significant contractual obligations not fully recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheets or fully disclosed in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements. Additional information regarding our contractual obligations and commitments at ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2021 is provided in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements. See “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Note ~~17 –~~18– Capital Commitment and ~~Operating Lease Commitments”~~Other Service Contractual Obligations”.

Material Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not currently have any off ~~balance~~-balance sheet arrangements falling within the definition of Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and this requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We base its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Accordingly, actual results may differ significantly from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We have identified the following critical accounting policies and estimates used by us in the preparation of our financial statements: accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts, ~~leases,~~inventories and allowance for obsolescence, assets retirement obligation, property, plant and equipment, recoverability of long lived assets, mineral rights, leases, revenue recognition, income taxes, and loss ~~contingencies, and stock-based compensation.~~contingencies. These policies and estimates are described in the Company’s ~~2019~~ Form ~~10-K.~~10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Pursuant to Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K (§ 229.305(e)), the Company is not required to provide the information required by this Item as it is a “smaller reporting company,” as defined by Rule 229.10(f)(1).
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules, regulations and related forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our CEO and CFO, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q.

(b) Changes in internal controls

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

On or about August 3, 2018, written decisions of administration penalty captioned Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 291, Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 292, Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 293, Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 294, Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 295 and Shou Guo Tu Zi Fa Gao Zi [2018] No. 296 (together, the “Written Decisions”) were served on Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited (“SCHC”) by the Shouguang City Natural Resources and Planning Bureau (the “Bureau”), naming SCHC as ~~respondent respectively thereof. The Decisions challenged the land use of Factory nos. 2, 9, 7, 4, 8~~respondent.
For more details and 10, respectively, and alleged, among other things, that SCHC had illegally occupied and used the land in the total area of approximately 52,674 square meters, on which Factory nos. 2, 9, 7, 4, 8 and 10 were built, respectively. The Written Decisions ordered SCHC, among other things, to return the land subjectinformation related to the Written Decisions, please see “Note 19 – Loss Contingencies, Notes to its respective legal owner, restore the land to its original state, and demolish or confiscate all the buildings and facilities thereon and pay monetary penalty of approximately RMB 1.3 million ($184,000)Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement” contained in the aggregate. Each of the Written Decisions shall be executed within 15 days upon serving on SCHC. Additional interest penalty shall be imposed at a daily rate of 3% in the event that SCHC does not make the monetary penalty payment in a timely manner. Subsequently, the Bureau filed enforcement actions to the People’s Court of Shouguang City, Shandong Province (the “Court”), naming SCHC as enforcement respondent and alleged, among other things, that SCHC failed to perform its obligations under each of the Written Decisions within the specified timeframe. The enforcement proceedings sought court orders to enforce the Written Decisions. On May 5, 2019, written decisions of administrative ruling captioned (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 384, (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 385, (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 389, (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 390, (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 393, and (2019) Lu 0783 Xing Shen No. 394, respectively (together, the “Court Rulings”) were made by the Court in favor of the Bureau. The Court orders, among other relief, to enforce each of the Written Decisions, to return each subject land to its legal owner and demolish or confiscate the buildings and facilities thereon and restore the land to its original state within 10 days from the service of the Court Rulings on SCHC. The Court Rulings became enforceable immediately upon service on SCHC on May 5, 2019.
In the last twenty years, to the Company’s knowledge, there were no government regulations requiring bromine manufacturers to obtain land use and planning approval document. As such, the Company believes most of the bromine manufacturers in Shouguang City do not have land use and planning approval documents and lease their land parcels from the village associations. They are facing the same issues in connection with land use and planning as the Company.
The Company is in the process of resolving the issues in connection with SCHC’s land use and planning diligently. The Company has been in discussions closely with the local government authorities with the help from Shouguang City Bromine Association to seek reliefs and, based on verbal confirmation by local government authorities, believes the administrative penalties imposed by the Bureau according to the Written Decisions are being re-assessed by local government authorities and may be revoked. The Company has obtained one confirmation from the local government authorities that the administrative penalty imposed on Factory No. 7 , Factory No. 8 and Factory No.10 are being revoked which are waiting for the Court formal approval ,and production of Factory No. 7 was allowed to resume in April 2019. In addition, on August 28, 2019, the People’s Government of Shandong Province, issued a regulation titled “Investment Project Management Requirements of Chemical Companies in Shandong Province” permitting the construction of facilities on existing sites or infrastructure of bromine manufacturing and other chemical industry-related types of projects (clause 11 of section 3).The Company believes that the goal of the government is to standardize and regulate the industry and not to demolish the facilities or penalize the manufacturers. As of the date of this report, the Company has not been notified by the local government that it will take any measure to enforce the administrative penalties. Based on information known to date, the Company believes that it is remote that the Written Decisions or Court Rulings will be enforced within the expected timeframe and a material penalty or costs and expenses against the Company will result. However, there can be no assurance that there will not be any further enforcement action, the occurrence of which may result in further liabilities, penalties and operational disruption.quarterly report.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors

~~This~~Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Before you invest you should carefully review our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations set forth in Item 2 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our consolidated financial statements and related notes, as well as our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the other information ~~has been omitted based~~in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the ~~Company’s status as a smaller reporting company~~fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. Readers should carefully review risks described in other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 2. Unregistered ~~Sale~~Shares of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description
31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.1 The following financial statements from Gulf Resources, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss); (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity; (iv) the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows; and, (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

GULF RESOURCES, INC.

Dated: ~~August 14, 2020~~May 17, 2021 By: /s/ Xiaobin Liu
Xiaobin Liu
Chief Executive Officer
~~(principal executive officer)~~

Dated: ~~August 14, 2020~~May 17, 2021 By: /s/ Min Li
Min Li
Chief Financial Officer
~~(principal financial and accounting officer)~~

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	Common stock																		Accumulated
	Number		Number		Number							Additional		Retained			Retained		other
	of shares		of shares		of treasury				Treasury			paid-in		earnings			earnings		comprehensive
	issued		outstanding		stock		Amount		stock			capital		unappropriated			appropriated		Income(loss)			Total

BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2020 (Unaudited)		9,563,257		9,517,427		45,830	$	23,904	$	(510,329	)	$	95,043,388	$	156,268,642		$	24,233,544	$	(20,007,166	)	$	255,051,983
Translation adjustment		—		—		—		—		—			—		—			—		221,869			221,869
Net loss for three-month period ended June 30, 2020		—		—		—		—		—			—		(2,244,619	)		—		—			(2,244,619	)
BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Unaudited)		9,563,257		9,517,427		45,830	$	23,904	$	(510,329	)	$	95,043,388	$	154,024,022		$	24,233,544	$	(19,785,297	)	$	253,029,232

	Six-Month Period Ended June 30,						Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2021			2020

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss	$	(5,784,377	)	$	(5,641,844	)	$	(2,502,124	)	$	(3,539,758	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Interest on finance lease obligation		70,009			76,940
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Interest on capital lease obligation								35,538			35,272
Depreciation and amortization		7,559,224			6,964,880			4,104,357			3,454,891
Unrealized exchange gain on translation of inter-company balances		(382,331	)		(44,427	)
Unrealized exchange (gain) loss on translation of inter-company balances								104,812			(400,449	)
Deferred tax asset		(1,929,553	)		(1,761,118	)		(743,709	)		(1,256,443	)
Common stock issued for services		—			21,600			—			—
Issuance of stock options to employee		—			45,900
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Changes in assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable		1,807,547			(6,775,954	)		1,637,800			4,245,576
Inventories		152,369			(457,780			(162,099	)		523
Prepayments and deposits		32,807			(17,037	)		(71,888	)		54,350
Other receivables		—			1,631			—			—
Accounts and Other payable and accrued expenses		(9,284	)		321,706			830,751			(41,562	)
Retention payable		—			—			—			—
Taxes payable		298,599			768,072			72,758			(18,999	)
Prepaid land leases		(369,066	)		—			—			(369,066	)
Operating lease		(268,192	)		(268,620	)
Net cash provided by (used in) by operating activities		1,177,752			(6,766,051	)
Operating leases								35,199			38,022
Net cash provided by operating activities								3,341,395			2,202,357

CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property, plant and equipment		(9,860,142	)		(11,501,738	)		—			(7,416,211	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(9,860,142	)		(11,501,738	)		—			(7, 416,211)

CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Repayment of finance lease obligation		(264,976	)		(275,506	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(264,976	)		(275,506	)

EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS		(1,382,029	)		(101,571	)		(864,609	)		(1,455,442	)
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS		(10,329,395	)		(18,644,866	)
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS								2,476,786			(6,669,296	)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - BEGINNING OF PERIOD		100,301,986			178,998,935			94,222,538			100,301,986
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - END OF PERIOD	$	89,972,591		$	160,354,069		$	96,699,324		$	93,632,690

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Cash paid during the periods for:
Cash paid during the period for:
Income taxes	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Operating right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations	$	—		$	8,241,818		$	—		$	—
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of Property, plant and equipment included in Payable and other accrued expense and Retention payable	$	—		$	28,094,696
Par value of common stock issued upon cashless exercise of options	$	—		$	379
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase in Property, plant and equipment transferred from Prepayment and deposits and included in Accounts and other payable and accrued expenses							$	6,199,214		$	—

	Useful life (in years)
Buildings (including salt pans)		8 - 20
Plant and machinery (including protective shells, transmission channels and ducts)		3 - 8
Motor vehicles		5
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		3-8

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019		March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020

Raw materials	$	29,304	$	20,928	$	39,855	$	21,484
Finished goods		494,324		669,159		536,752		398,125
	$	523,628	$	690,087	$	576,607	$	419,609

	June 30,		December 31,		March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019		2021		2020
Accounts payable	$	286,401	$	—	$	1,040,950	$	479,958
Salary payable		289,734		310,097		318,291		320,549
Social security insurance contribution payable		41,511		105,750		101,446		49,167
Other payable-related party (see Note 8)		44,060		89,424		23,738		95,616
Deposit on subscription of a subsidiary’s share		141,250		144,798		152,180		153,260
Accrued expense-construction		96,485		97,913		6,296,071		3,537,644
Accrued expense-others		187,517		358,066		617,213		445,507
Total	$	1,086,958	$	1,106,048	$	8,549,889	$	5,081,701

	Imputed		June 30,			December 31,			Imputed		March 31,			December 31,
	Interest rate		2020			2019			Interest rate		2020			2020
Total finance lease liability		6.7%	$	1,877,985		$	2,104,278			6.7%	$	2,126,183		$	2,105,973
Less: Current portion				(137,103	)		(198,506	)				(250,591	)		(217,070	)
Finance lease liability, net of current portion			$	1,740,882		$	1,905,772				$	1,875,592		$	1,888,903

	Financial lease			Operating Lease			Financial lease			Operating Lease
Payable within:
the next 12 months	$	265,126		$	772,135		$	285,642		$	672,669
the next 13 to 24 months		265,126			628,001			285,642			678,258
the next 25 to 36 months		265,126			631,628			285,642			677,300
the next 37 to 48 months		265,126			632,586			285,642			683,280
the next 49 to 60 months		265,126			636,503			285,642			689,295
thereafter		1,325,634			10,704,542			1,428,210			11,421,886
Total		2,651,264			14,005,395			2,856,420			14,822,688
Less: Amount representing interest		(773,279	)		(6,296,418	)		(730,237	)		(6,647,723	)
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	1,877,985		$	7,708,977			2,126,183		$	8,174,965

	Number of Option and Warrants Outstanding and exercisable			Weighted- Average Exercise price of Option and Warrants		Range of Exercise Price per Common Share
Balance, January 1, 2020		135,100		$	7.21		$3.57 - $9.90
Exercised during the period		—			—		—
Expired during the period		(7,500	)	$	9.17		—
Balance, June 30, 2020		127,600		$	7.09		$3.57 - $7.27

Three-Month Period Ended June 30, 2020	Bromine*			Crude Salt*			Chemical Products			Natural Gas			Segment Total			Corporate			Total
Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2021																						Bromine *			Crude Salt *			Chemical Products			Natural Gas			Segment Total			Corporate			Total
Net revenue (external customers)	$	4,487,017		$	872,466		$	—		$	—		$	5,359,483		$	—		$	5,359,483		$	4,810,990		$	448,253		$	—		$	—		$	5,259,243		$	—		$	5,259,243
Net revenue (intersegment)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Income(loss) from operations before income tax benefit		(1,479,084	)		(611,472	)		(654,652	)		(53,270	)		(2,798,478	)		(155,074	)		(2,953,552	)
Loss from operations before income benefit																							(1,279,565	)		(1,009,585	)		(746,469	)		(54,787	)		(3,090,406	)		(191,018	)		(3,281,424	)
Income tax benefit		350,708			172,849			149,076			—			672,633			—			672,633			318,868			252,396			172,445			—			743,709			—			743,709
Income (loss) from operations after income tax benefit		(1,128,376	)		(438,623	)		(505,576	)		(53,270	)		(2,125,845	)		(155,074	)		(2,280,919	)
Loss from operations after income taxes(benefit)																							(960,697	)		(757,189	)		(574,024	)		(54,787	)		(2,346,697	)		(191,018	)		(2,537,715	)
Total assets		115,956,839			38,299,428			108,862,565			1,599,014			264,717,846			70,367			264,788,213			144,744,423			24,170,863			121,760,637			1,875,459			292,551,382			42,886			292,594,268
Depreciation and amortization		3,038,936			919,003			111,797			34,598			4,104,334			—			4,104,334			2,920,689			1,077,460			68,607			37,601			4,104,357			—			4,104,357
Capital expenditures		—			—			2,443,931			—			2,443,931			—			2,443,931			—			—			—			—			—			—			—

Three-Month Period Ended June 30, 2019	Bromine*			Crude Salt*			Chemical Products			Natural Gas			Segment Total			Corporate		Total
Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2020																					Bromine *			Crude Salt *			Chemical Products			Natural Gas			Segment Total			Corporate		Total
Net revenue (external customers)	$	5,751,164		$	245,079		$	—		$	13,166		$	6,009,409		$	—	$	6,009,409		$	462,846		$	94,824		$	—		$	—		$	557,670		$	—	$	557,670
Net revenue (intersegment)		—			—			—			—			—			—		—			—			—			—			—			—			—		—
Income(loss) from operations before income tax benefit		(36,713	)		(828,736	)		(656,424	)		(61,401	)		(1,583,274	)		385,108		(1,198,166	)
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes(benefit)																						(2,866,438	)		(1,513,582	)		(710,909	)		(48,846	)		(5,139,775	)		304,346		(4,835,429	)
Income tax benefit		9,540			215,360			141,083			—			365,983			—		365,983			717,438			378,396			160,609			—			1,256,443			—		1,256,443
Income(loss) from operations after income tax benefit		(27,173	)		(613,376	)		(515,341	)		(61,401	)		(1,217,291	)		385,108		(832,183	)
Income (loss) from operations after income taxes(benefit)																						(2,149,000	)		(1,135,186	)		(550,300	)		(48,846	)		(3,883,332	)		304,346		(3,578,986	)
Total assets		169,870,183			29,241,474			128,641,174			1,773,689			329,526,520			37,207		329,563,727			117,061,540			39,066,713			109,222,446			1,657,769			267,008,468			105,430		267,113,898
Depreciation and amortization		2,476,960			958,352			116,240			36,080			3,587,632			—		3,587,632			2,197,844			1,108,443			113,484			35,120			3,454,891			—		3,454,891
Capital expenditures		10,857,541			644,197			—			—			11,501,738			—		11,501,738			3,157,669			646,752			3,611,790			—			7,416,211			—		7,416,211

Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2020	Bromine*			Crude Salt*			Chemical Products			Natural Gas			Segment Total			Corporate		Total
Net revenue (external customers)	$	4,949,863		$	967,290		$	—		$	—		$	5,917,153		$	—	$	5,917,153
Net revenue (intersegment)		—			—			—			—			—			—		—
Loss from operations before income tax benefit		(4,345,522	)		(2,125,054	)		(1,365,561	)		(102,116	)		(7,938,253	)		149,272		(7,788,981	)
Income tax benefit		1,068,146			551,245			309,685			—			1,929,076			—		1,929,076
Loss from operations after income tax benefit		(3,277,376	)		(1,573,809	)		(1,055,876	)		(102,116	)		(6,009,177	)		149,272		(5,859,905	)
Total assets		115,956,839			38,299,428			108,862,565			1,599,014			264,717,846			70,367		264,788,213
Depreciation and amortization		5,236,780			2,027,445			225,281			69,718			7,559,224			—		7,559,224
Capital expenditures		3,157,669			646,752			6,055,721			—			9,860,142			—		9,860,142

Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2019	Bromine*			Crude Salt*			Chemical Products			Natural Gas			Segment Total			Corporate			Total
Net revenue (external customers)	$	5,751,164		$	245,079		$	—		$	51,736		$	6,047,979		$	—		$	6,047,979
Net revenue (intersegment)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Loss from operations before income tax benefit		(3,661,727	)		(2,240,545	)		(1,329,974	)		(103,384	)		(7,335,630	)		(258,566	)		(7,594,196	)
Income tax benefit		906,887			568,312			285,921			—			1,761,120			—			1,761,120
Loss from operations after Income tax benefit		(2,754,840	)		(1,672,233	)		(1,044,053	)		(103,384	)		(5,574,510	)		(258,566	)		(5,833,076	)
Total assets		169,870,183			29,241,474			128,641,174			1,773,689			329,526,520			37,207			329,563,727
Depreciation and amortization		4,595,037			2,063,460			233,628			72,755			6,964,880			—			6,964,880
Capital expenditures		10,857,541			644,197			—			—			11,501,738			—			11,501,738

Number	Customer	Bromine (000’s)		Crude Salt (000’s)		Chemical Products (000’s)		Total Revenue (000’s)		Percentage of Total Revenue (%)			Customer	Bromine (000’s)		Crude Salt (000’s)		Chemical Products (000’s)		Total Revenue (000’s)		Percentage of Total Revenue (%)
1	Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited	$	809	$	321	$	—	$	1,130		21.1	%	Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited	$	896	$	169	$	—	$	1,065		20.2	%
2	Shandong Brother Technology Limited	$	550	$	300	$	—	$	850		15.8	%	Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited	$	703	$	108	$	—	$	811		15.4	%
3	Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited	$	982	$	251	$	—	$	1,233		23	%	Shandong Brother Technology Limited	$	634	$	172	$	—	$	806		15.3	%
4	Dongying Bomeite Chemical Company Limited	$	537	$	—	$	—	$	537		10	%	Shandong Shouguang Shenrunfa Ocean Chemical Company Limited	$	672	$	—	$	—	$	672		12.8	%
5	Shandong Shouguang Shenrunfa Ocean Chemical Company Limited	$	711	$	—	$	—	$	711		13.3	%	Dongying Bomeite Chemical Company Limited	$	565	$	—	$	—	$	565		10.7	%

	Property Management Fees		Capital Expenditure		Property Management Fees		Capital Expenditure
Payable within:
the next 12 months	$	88,121	$	5,323,609	$	94,940	$	12,391,563
the next 13 to 24 months		88,121		407,553		94,940		748,433
the next 25 to 36 months		88,121		—		—		—
Total	$	264,363	$	5,731,162	$	189,880	$	13,139,996

	Three-Month Period Ended June 30, 2020			Three-Month Period Ended June 30, 2019			Percent Change Increase/ (Decrease)			Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2021			Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2020			Percent Change Increase/ (Decrease)
Net revenue	$	5,359,483		$	6,009,409			(11	%)	$	5,259,243		$	557,670			843	%
Cost of net revenue		(5,022,896	)		(2,990,330	)		68	%	$	(4,181,389	)	$	(921,320	)		353	%
Gross profit		336,587			3,019,079			(89	%)
Gross profit (loss)										$	1,077,854		$	(363,650	)		396	%
Sales, marketing and other operating expenses		(10,838	)		(6,613	)		64	%	$	(9,545	)	$	(2,243	)		325	%
Research and development costs		—			—			—
Direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown		(1,737,599	)		(2,875,285	)		(40	%)	$	(2,613,483	)		(3,610,423	)		(27	%)
Other operating expense										$	—			(15,776	)		—
General and administrative expenses		(1,541,702	)		(1,335,347	)		15	%	$	(1,736,250	)	$	(843,337	)		106	%
Loss from operations		(2,953,552	)		(1,198,166	)		147	%	$	(3,281,424	)	$	(4,835,429	)		(32	%)
Other income		36,300			94,477			(62	%)
Other income, net										$	35,591		$	39,228			(9	%)
Loss before taxes		(2,917,252	)		(1,103,689	)		164	%	$	(3,245,833	)	$	(4,796,201	)		(32	%)
Income tax benefit		672,633			365,983			84	%	$	743,709		$	1,256,443			(41	%)
Net loss	$	(2,244,619	)	$	(737,706	)		204	%	$	(2,502,124	)	$	(3,539,758	)		(29	%)

	Net Revenue by Segment													Net Revenue by Segment
	Three-Month Period Ended					Three-Month Period Ended					Percent Change Increase (Decrease)			Three-Month Period Ended					Three-Month Period Ended					Percent Change
	June 30, 2020					June 30, 2019					of Net Revenue			March 31, 2021					March 31, 2020					Increase
Segment			% of total					% of total								% of total					% of total
Bromine	$	4,487,017		83.72	%	$	5,751,164		95.7	%		(21.99	%)	$	4,810,990		92	%	$	462,846		83	%		939	%
Crude Salt		872,466		16.28	%		245,079		4.1	%		256	%	$	448,253		8	%	$	94,824		17	%		373	%
Chemical Products		—		—			—		—			—		$	—		—		$	—		—			—
Natural Gas		—		—			13,166		0.2	%		(100	%)	$	—		—		$	—		—			—
Total sales	$	5,359,483		100	%	$	6,009,409		100	%		(11	%)	$	5,259,243		100	%	$	557,670		100	%		843	%

	Three-Month Period Ended				Percentage Change
Bromine and crude salt segments product sold in tonnes	March 31, 2021		March 31, 2020		Increase
Bromine (excluded volume sold to SYCI)		955		122		683	%
Crude Salt		20,436		5,341		283	%

Bromine and crude salt segments	Three-Month Period Ended				Percentage Change
product sold in tonnes	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		Increase (Decrease)
Bromine		1,222		1,299		(6	%)
Crude Salt		53,532		9,827		445	%

	Cost of Net Revenue by Segment										Percent Change			Cost of Net Revenue by Segment										Percent Change
	Three-Month Period Ended					Three-Month Period Ended					of Cost of			Three-Month Period Ended					Three-Month Period Ended					of Cost of
	June 30, 2020					June 30, 2019					Net Revenue			March 31, 2021					March 31, 2020					Net Revenue
Segment			% of total					% of total								% of total					% of total
Bromine	$	4,269,239		85	%	$	2,717,808		91	%		57	%	$	3,514,046		84	%	$	609,820		66	%		476	%
Crude Salt		753,657		15	%		258,641		8.5	%		191	%	$	667,343		16	%	$	311,500		34	%		114	%
Chemical Products		—		—			—		—			—		$	—		—		$	—		—			—
Natural Gas		—		—			13,881		0.5	%		(100	%)	$	—		—		$	—		—			—
Total	$	5,022,896		100	%	$	2,990,330		100	%		68	%	$	4,181,389		100	%	$	921,320		100	%		353	%

	Annual Production Capacity (in tonnes)		Utilization Ratio (i)
Three-month period ended June 30, 2019		31,506		18	%
Three-month period ended June 30, 2020		31,506		15	%
Variance of the three-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019		—		(3	%)

	Gross Profit (Loss) by Segment											% Point Change			Gross Profit(Loss) by Segment												% Point Change
	Three-Month Period Ended					Three-Month Period Ended						of Gross			Three-Month Period Ended						Three-Month Period Ended						of Gross
	June 30, 2020					June 30, 2019						Profit Margin			March 31, 2021						March 31, 2020						Profit (Loss) Margin
Segment			Gross Profit Margin						Gross Profit Margin									Gross Profit Margin						Gross Profit Margin
Bromine	$	217,778		5	%	$	3,033,356			53	%		(48	%)	$	1,296,944			27	%	$	(146,974	)		(32	%)		59	%
Crude Salt		118,809		14	%		(13,562	)		(6	%)		20	%	$	(219,090	)		(49	%)	$	(216,676	)		(229	%)		180	%
Chemical Products		—		—			—			—					$	—			—		$	—			—			—
Natural Gas		—		—			(715	)		—			—		$	—			—			—			—			—
Total Gross Profit	$	336,587		6	%	$	3,019,079			50	%		(44	%)
Total Gross Profit (Loss)															$	1,077,854			21	%	$	(363,650	)		(65	%)		86	%

	Loss from Operations by Segment
	Three-Month Period Ended June 30, 2020						Three-Month Period Ended June 30, 2019
Segment:				% of total						% of total
Bromine	$	(1,479,084	)		53	%	$	(36,713	)		2	%
Crude Salt		(611,472	)		22	%		(828,736	)		52	%
Chemical Products		(654,652	)		23	%		(656,424	)		42	%
Natural Gas		(53,270	)		2	%		(61,401	)		4	%
Loss from operations before corporate costs		(2,798,478	)		100	%		(1,583,274	)		100	%
Corporate costs		(136,956	)					(162,547	)
Unrealized gain on translation of Intercompany balance		(18,118	)					547,655
Loss from operations	$	(2,953,552	)				$	(1,198,166	)

	Loss from Operations by Segment
	Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2021						Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2020
Segment:				% of total						% of total
Bromine	$	(1,279,565	)		41	%	$	(2,866,438	)		56	%
Crude Salt		(1,009,585	)		33	%		(1,513,582	)		29	%
Chemical Products		(746,469	)		24	%		(710,909	)		14	%
Natural Gas		(54,787	)		2	%		(48,846	)		1	%
Loss from operations before corporate costs		(3,090,406	)		100	%		(5,139,775	)		100	%
Corporate cost		(86,206	)					(96,103	)
Unrealized gain (loss) on translation of intercompany balance		(104,812	)					400,449
Loss from operations	$	(3,281,424	)				$	(4,835,429	)

	Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2020			Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2019			Percent Change Increase/ (Decrease)
Net revenue	$	5,917,153		$	6,047,979			(2	%)
Cost of net revenue		(5,944,216	)		(3,026,737	)		96	%
Gross profit		(27,063	)		3,021,242			101	%
Sales, marketing and other operating expenses		(13,081	)		(6,613	)		98	%
Direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown		(5,348,022	)		(7,168,307	)		(25	%)
Other operating loss		(15,776	)					(100	%)
General and administrative expenses		(2,385,039	)		(3,440,518	)		(31	%)
Loss from operations		(7,788,981	)		(7,594,196	)		3	%
Other income		75,528			191,232			(61	%)
Loss before taxes		(7,713,453	)		(7,402,964	)		4	%
Income tax benefit		1,929,076			1,761,120			10	%
Net loss	$	(5,784,377	)	$	(5,641,844	)		3	%

	Net Revenue by Segment
	Six-Month Period Ended					Six-Month Period Ended					Percent Increase (Decrease)
	June 30, 2020					June 30, 2019					of Net Revenue
Segment			% of total					% of total
Bromine	$	4,949,863		84	%	$	5,751,164		95	%		(14	%)
Crude Salt		967,290		16	%		245,079		4	%		295	%
Chemical Products		-					-		-			-
Natural Gas		-					51,736		1	%		(100	%)
Total sales	$	5,917,153		100	%	$	6,047,979		100	%		(2	%)

	Cost of Net Revenue by Segment										% Change
	Six-Month Period Ended					Six-Month Period Ended					of Cost of
	June 30, 2020					June 30, 2019					Net Revenue
Segment			% of total					% of total
Bromine	$	4,879,059		82	%	$	2,717,808		90	%		8	%
Crude Salt		1,065,157		18	%		258,641		8	%		10	%
Chemical Products		—		—			—		—			—
Natural Gas		—		—			50,288		2	%		—
Total	$	5,944,216		100	%	$	3,026,737		100	%		96	%

	Annual Production Capacity (in tonnes)		Utilization Ratio (i)
Six-month period ended June 30, 2019		31,506		18	%
Six-month period ended June 30, 2020		31,506		17	%
Variance of the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019		—		(1	%)

	Income(Loss) from Operations by Segment
	Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2020						Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2019
Segment:				% of total						% of total
Bromine	$	(4,345,522	)		55	%	$	(3,661,727	)		50	%
Crude Salt		(2,125,054	)		27	%		(2,240,545	)		31	%
Chemical Products		(1,365,561	)		17	%		(1,329,974	)		18	%
Natural Gas		(102,116	)		1	%		(103,384	)		1	%
Loss from operations before corporate costs		(7,938,253	)		100	%		(7,335,630	)		100	%
Corporate costs		(233,059	)					(302,993	)
Unrealized gain on translation of intercompany balance		382,331						44,427
Loss from operations before taxes	$	(7,788,981	)				$	(7,594,196	)

	June 30, 2020					December 31, 2019					March 31, 2021					December 31, 2020
			% of total					% of total					% of total					% of total
Aged 1-30 days	$	2,446,037		80	%	$	—		—		$	4,350,483		90	%	$	3,801,417		58	%
Aged 31-60 days		614,528		20	%		—		—			509,222		10	%		2,720,381		42	%
Aged 61-90 days		—			%		—		—			—		—			—		—
Aged 91-120 days		—		—			—		—			—		—			—		—
Aged 121-150 days		—		—			506,703		10	%		—		—			—		—
Aged 151-180 days		—		—			2,368,495		49	%		—		—			—		—
Aged 181-210 days		—		—			2,001,908		41	%		—		—			—		—
Aged 211-240 days		—		—			—		—			—		—			—		—
Total	$	3,060,565		100	%	$	4,877,106		(100	%)	$	4,859,705		100	%	$	6,521,798		100	%

Exhibit No.	Description

31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.