I was playing on the Beta 1.16 version and gold just does not smelt. I tried everything between using different furnaces, putting it back in, using a blast furnace, nothing works.
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We're actually already tracking this issue at MCPE-68978, so I will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.
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