Mine waters containing harmful heavy metals constitute a significant environmental problem of the ore mining and smelting industry. The conventional treatment methods do not ensure the completeness of impurity removal. This work sets out the results of sorption researches of nonferrous metal extraction from mine waters of the copper-zinc deposit. Laboratory experiments for selection of optimum material and integrated tests of a selected sample Lewatit TP 207 ionite have been carried out. The basic possibilities of ionite use for removal of heavy nonferrous metal ions are presented; the indexes of their capacity and selectivity in relation to the nonferrous metal sorption are given.