A method of producing titanium metal from a titanium-containing material includes the steps of producing a solution of M''TiF.sub.6 from the titanium-containing material, selectively precipitating M'.sub.2TiF.sub.6 from the solution by the addition of (M')aXb and using the selectively precipitated M'.sub.2TiF.sub.6 to produce titanium. M'' is a cation of the type which forms a hexafluorotitanate, M' is selected from ammonium and the alkali metal cations, X is an anion selected from halide, sulphate, nitrite, acetate and nitrate and a and b are 1 or 2.