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A sensitive and simple method for the simultaneous preconcentration of nutritionally important minerals in real samples has been reported. The method is based on the formation of metal complexes by 4,6-dihydroxy-2-mercaptopyrimidine (DHMP) loaded on activated carbon. The metals content on the complexes are then eluted using 5mL 2M HNO₃ in acetone, which are detected by AAS at resonance line. In this procedure, minerals such as Cu, Ni, Pb and Co could be analyzed in one run by caring out the simultaneous separation and quantification of them. At optimum condition the response are linear over concentration range of 0.04–1.1μgmL⁻¹ for Ni²⁺ and 0.04–1.0μgmL⁻¹ for Cu²⁺, Pb²⁺ and Co²⁺. The detection limits of each element are expressed as the amount of analytes in ngmL⁻¹ giving a signal to noise ratio of 3 are equal to 3.5, 3.4, 2.9 and 8.4 for Ni²⁺, Co²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Pb²⁺. The sorption capacity …