Leaching of gold from arsenic-containing gold ore is usually difficult,so pretreatment of arsenic-containing gold ore to remove arsenic is necessary to increase the leaching rate of gold.This paper reviews the advantages and disadvantages of existing pretreatment techniques of removing arsenic from arsenic-containing gold ore,the present situation of research on phytoextraction of arsenic and arsenic transformation in environment,and the application of hyper-accumulator pteris vittata L.in phytoremediation of arsenic-polluted soil.The authors advanced an idea to plant hyper-accumulator pteris vittata L.in arsenic-containing gold mine area so as to remove arsenic.The analysis showed that phyto-pretreatment technique has a certain prospect to improve the recovery of gold from high arsenic-containing gold ore,gold concentrate and gold tailings with low grade.