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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-10-13</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2008-10-17</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001223550</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BEKEM METALS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BKMM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001289643</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GLG Partners LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1 CURZON STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LONDON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>X0</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>W1J 5HB</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>UNITED KINGDOM</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001417841</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GLG Partners LTD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O GLG PARTNERS LP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1 CURZON STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LONDON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>X0</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>W1J 5HB</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>UNITED KINGDOM</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001365790</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GLG Partners, Inc.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>390 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>20TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001 (&quot;Common Stock&quot;)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-10-13</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.155</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>20990000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The securities reported herein as owned by the Reporting Person are indirectly owned by GLG Partners LP on behalf of GLG
 Emerging Markets Fund, which is managed by GLG Partners LP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">GLG Partners LP, an English limited partnership, acts as the investment manager of certain funds and managed accounts and may
 be deemed, as of the date hereof, to be the beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities or derivative securities held by
 such funds and managed accounts.  GLG Partners Limited, an English limited company, is the general partner of GLG Partners
 LP.   GLG Partners, Inc. indirectly wholly owns GLG Partners Limited.   GLG Partners LP, GLG Partners Limited, and GLG
 Partners, Inc. do not hold directly any of the Issuer's securities or derivative securities with respect thereto, and
 disclaim any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities or derivative securities reported or excluded herein for
 purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except for their pecuniary interest
 therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This transaction was previously reported on a Form 4 filed on October 17, 2008, and is being re-reported solely to gain
 access to the filing system in order to enable the Reporting Persons to file this Amendment.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Reporting Persons are filing this Amendment in order to (i) add GLG Partners Limited and GLG Partners, Inc. as Reporting
 Persons and make related amendments to footnote 2, and (ii) uncheck the box in the upper left hand corner of page one of the
 original Form 4 filing, which erroneously indicated that the Reporting Persons are no longer subject to Section 16.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>GLG PARTNERS LP, By: GLG Partners Limited, as its General Partner, By: /s/ Victoria Parry, Senior Legal Counsel</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-11-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>GLG PARTNERS LP, By: GLG Partners Limited, as its General Partner, By: /s/ Emmanuel Roman, Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-11-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
