Gold ore cannot be smelted in the regular furnace or blast furnace on the beta. The furnace does not react to the gold ore at all.
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We're already tracking this issue at MCPE-68978, so I will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.
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Thanks for reporting, this bug has already been submitted.🙂