One of the biggest problems encountered in the mineral industry is the loss of ultrafine material in conventional separation processes. The selective flocculation operation has been studied to recover these materials. On the other hand, the use of biosurfactants in mineral processing, extracted from microorganisms, has been showing good results for the recovery of this type of material, in addition to being biodegradable and having low toxicity. In this research, the objective is to study the selective flocculation of ultrafine hematite particles contained in iron ore tailings using the biosurfactant extracted from the yeast Candida stellata. A characterization study was carried out involving particle size analysis, chemical analysis and X-ray diffraction (XRD). In order to evaluate the interaction of the biosurfactant on the surface of hematite and quartz minerals, studies of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Zeta potential, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and surface tension were developed. For the flocculation tests, performed by jar test, the influence of pH, solids concentration and biosurfactant concentration was evaluated. The interaction energy was evaluated using the DLVO and DLVO Extended (X-DLVO) theories. The infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and zeta potential analyzes indicated a strong adsorption of the biosurfactant on the hematite surface, with the hematite isoelectric point being changed from 5,35 to 3,25. In the surface tension study of the biosurfactant, it indicated a critical micellar concentration (CMC) of 150 mg/L at pH 3, reaching a value close to 30 mN/m. During the flocculation tests, a recovery of 99 percent of hematite at pH 3 was achieved, using 75 mg/L of biosurfactant and a solids concentration of 0,50 percent (1,25 g). By studying the interaction energy between the particles, due to the negative sign of the Lewis acid-base interactions, the hematite particles flocculated after contact with the biosurfactant, indicating that there was a strong hydrophobic interaction between them. The results obtained in this work indicate that the biosurfactant extracted from the yeast Candida stellata has a good selectivity for the agglomeration of ultrafine hematite particles.