The invention relates to a gold extracting method by 
thiosulfate using a 
polyamine compound as an additive, which comprises the steps: after ores are crushed and wet-ground until the 
fineness is over 90 percent of -200 meshes, 0.03-3mol / dm3 
thiosulfate is added to be used as a leaching agent, and then 0.0015-0.09mol / dm3 
polyamine compound and 0.0015-0.03mol / dm3 
copper (II) 
ion are added to form a complex 
ion to be used as an additive to be stirred and leached; and after gold ores are leached, gold from a leaching solution is recovered. The leaching solution is used to extract gold from the ores, so that the 
gold leaching rate is high, the 
process operation is simple, the control is easy, the consumption of 
thiosulfate is extremely low, and the compositions of the 
gold leaching solution are simple and are favorable for the 
recovery of the gold; and the application range is wide, the leaching effect is good when the pH value is between 10 and 12, the leaching speed is quick for 
copper-containing, carbon-containing and other 
refractory gold ores, quite high 
gold leaching rate can be maintained, and 
sodium cyanide and other toxic substances are not used and 
toxic waste is not discharged in the whole 
gold extraction process, so the environment is protected.