The invention relates to the technical field of printing and particularly relates to a hot gold foil. The hot gold foil comprises a base film layer, a release layer on the base film layer, a colour layer on the release layer and an aluminium coated layer on the colour layer, wherein an ink layer is arranged at the bottom of the aluminium coated layer, during hot stamping, firstly, a worker can lay one side, provided with the ink layer, of the hot gold foil onto the surface of a to-be-printed object, through heating and pressing of a gold stamping machine and a hot stamping template, the metal foil of the hot gold foil is printed on the surface of the to-be-printed object, during hot stamping, the ink layer provided by the invention is positioned in a high temperature environment with the temperature of more than 100 DEG C, at the moment, the stickiness of the ink layer is increased after melting by heating, and printing onto the to-be-printed object is achieved while the aluminium coated layer and the base film layer are peeled off. With pressure release, the ink layer is quickly cooled and solidified, and the aluminium coated layer is firmly adhered onto the to-be-printed object, so that the metal foil of the hot gold foil is firmly adhered onto the to-be-printed object. Therefore, due to the use of the hot gold foil for gold stamping, the gold stamping process and steps are simplified, the production efficiency is improved, and the product cost of manufacturers is lowered.