An apparatus for separating magnetic minerals from nonmagnetic minerals. It consists of two flat belts, the upper of which is the wider, run parallel to each other and over long magnets set obliquely to the belts. Consequently, magnetic particles are drawn up against the upper belt, and as they pass beyond the influence of the magnets, fall from the edge past the other belt into a bin. Another form operates by belts moving across the line of travel of the main belt.