![Processing, smelting and refining gold | World Gold Council](/e69yszg/90.jpg)
Processing, smelting and refining gold | World Gold Council
The two gold refining methods most commonly employed to derive pure gold are: the Miller process and the Wohlwill process. The Miller process uses gaseous chlorine to extract impurities when gold is at melting point; impurities separate into a layer on the surface of the molten purified gold.