Macro-porous chelate resins of polyvinylbenzylthiourea (or thiourea resin TUE) with higher adsorption capacity for Au3+ have been prepared. After swelling in 1

4-di-oxane the macro-porous crosslinked chloromethylated polystyrene beads were treated with saturated alcoholic solution of thiourea

the obtained TUR with 98.8% conversion of functional group. The adsorption capacity of TUR

for Au3+ is equal to 819 mg Δu3+/g resin (4.16 mmol Au3+/g resin.) under the best condition

the adsorption capacity reacher to 920mg Au3+/g resin. In polymeric complex the chelate mole ratio of approaches to 1. Theinfluence of pH on the percentage of adsorption for Au3+ was investigated. The adsorption rates of TUR for Au3+ were deter-mined by means of the static state method and the column method. The structure of recovering of gold from the wastewater of gold electroplating industry

with Au reco-very of ≥95.7% and 99.8% Au purity.