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Because Gold is an extremely unreactive metal, which means that it is not found in any compounds, e.g. Gold Oxide, but is only found on its own. So no chemical reaction is needed to obtain gold.

Also, if you look at a metal reactivity series, gold will be at the bottom of the list.

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