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The metal deposit, as an object of natural leaching, is a natural and technogenic system within which processes of natural processing of metal-bearing ores take place, with the extraction of metals into solution. Modernization of mining on an environmental-based basis is possible with the use of innovative technologies for extracting metals from solutions of natural leaching. The ecological efficiency of the purification of mine drains with the capture of metals dissolved in them is described by a model linking the totality of processes up to the realization in the form of marketable products, including damage from the removal of metals and chemicals to the ecosystems of the environment. Under appropriate conditions, natural leaching processes can be corrected by technological methods.