1967年美国矿业局提出了用堆浸法处理低品位含金氧化矿石，1969年正式发表了堆浸提金的试验报告。1971年堆浸法在美国内华达州的卡林及科特茨等矿山开始推广应用。特别是美国矿业局研究出制粒堆浸技术后，使金矿堆浸技术得到了迅速发展。1980年，美国将制粒技术应用于堆浸工业生产中，

US Bureau of Mines proposed in 1967 by the processing of low-grade gold-bearing oxide ore heap leaching, 1969 officially released test report Heap leaching gold. 1971 heap leaching of Carlin, Nevada in the United States and began to promote Kurtz and other mining applications. Especially after the US Bureau of Mines developed granulated heap leach technology, the gold mine heap leaching technology has been developing rapidly. In 1980, the United States will granulation technology for heap leaching of industrial production,