Information on the raw material base of gold-containing ores is presented, the technological features of the material composition of various types of persistent ores are considered, the properties of mineral formations and associations of gold are described. Characteristics of processes and devices of ore enrichment, the main technological methods and methods of gold extraction using gravitational, magnetoelectric, flotation, hydrochemical and chemical-metallurgical methods. are given. Features of domestic and foreign practice and schemes of gold enrichment are noted: Examples of hydrochemical technology of gold-containing ores and materials are highlighted technological features of hydrometallurgical processing of pyrite, pyrrotin, antimony, telluride, polymetallic, copper-zinc, clay, coal and other ores and materials. Physico-chemical methods of leaching gold from persistent ores and methods of extracting it from solutions are considered. The technology of smelting gold-containing concentrates and products is described by technological schemes of gold recovery factories of Russian and foreign enterprises. For scientists, specialists of gold recovery enterprises, enrichment plants, chemical and metallurgical workshops processing gold-containing raw materials, it can be useful for graduate students, students, teachers of higher education, engineers, bachelors, masters .