Vale informs on the report of the Extraordinary Independent Consulting Committee for Support and Reparation

Vale S.A (“Vale”) informs that it received the final report (“Report”) issued by the Extraordinary Independent Consulting Committee for Support and Reparation.

Announced on January 27th, 2019, the CIAE-AR was constituted by Vale’s Board of Directors, under the coordination of Mr. Leonardo Pereira, former president of Brazilian Securities and Exchanges Commission (CVM), dedicated to monitoring the measures taken to support and repair the areas affected by the Brumadinho Dam breach.

The CIAE-AR report contains recommendations to the Board of Directors, to assist it towards improving and monitoring the action plans, and suggestions to the Executive Board, of technical and operational natures.

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