Abstract:Based on comprehensive collection of the existing data, this paper introduces the main achievements of geological exploration of gold deposits in Shandong province in recent years, and summarizes the new progress in the research of gold metallogenic regularity and theory. In recent years, significant breakthrough had been made in exploration of gold deposits in Shandong province, and over 70 middle-large size gold deposits had been discovered, six of which are super large with reserves of above one hundred tones and mainly locate in Zhaoyuan-Laizhou areas. In addition, a large size Liaoshang- type gold deposit with a reserve of about 70t, a new type which characterized by pyrite-carbonate veins, had been discovered in Muru metallogenic belt, and the discovery of Hushan-Xilindouya gold deposit with a reserve of about 20t had considerably enlarged the scope of gold prospecting in Jiaodong area. At the same time, 600-meter-deep orebodies with a reserve of over 20t had been found in Guilaizhuang cryptoexplosion breccia type gold deposit in Western Shandong, Sanchahe skarn-type Fe-Au deposit with a reserve of about 7t had been discovered in Laiwu area, and Quanhe gold deposit had been discovered in Mawan area in Xintai city. These new discoveries indicate that there is a very good prospecting perspective in the depth in Western Shandong. Geologists had put forth many metallogenic theories about metallogenic mechanism and model in the research of metallogenesis. These theories played an important role in the breakthrough of exploration of gold deposits in Shandong province, and promoted the theoretical innovation and exploration of gold deposits in Shandong province.