Vale : 01/18/2017 Vale announces dates for reporting of 4Q16 performance

Rio de Janeiro, January 18, 2017 - Vale S.A. (Vale) will release its 4Q16 financial performance report on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at 7:00 a.m. Rio de Janeiro time (5:00 a.m. US Eastern Standard Time), and its 4Q16 production report on Thursday, February 16, 2017, before the opening of the market.

Vale will simultaneously release the consolidated financial statements in USD and BRL, in accordance with the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards).

Vale will host two conference calls and webcasts on Thursday, February 23, 2017. The first, in Portuguese (non-translated), at 10:00 a.m. Rio de Janeiro time. The second, in English, at 12:00 p.m. Rio de Janeiro time (10:00 a.m. US Eastern Standard Time and 3:00 p.m. British Standard Time).

Dial in to conference calls/webcasts:

In Portuguese:

Participants from Brazil: (55 11) 3193-1001 or (55 11) 2820-4001

Participants from the US: (1 888) 700-0802

Participants from other countries: (1 786) 924-6977

Access code: VALE

In English:

Participants from Brazil: (55 11) 3193-1001 or (55 11) 2820-4001

Participants from the U.S.: (1 866) 262-4553

Participants from other countries: (1 412) 317-6029

Access code: VALE

For further information, please contact: [phone] André Figueiredo: [e-mail] Carla Albano Miller: [e-mail] Fernando Mascarenhas: [e-mail] Andrea Gutman: [e-mail] Bruno Siqueira: [e-mail] Claudia Rodrigues: [e-mail] Denise Caruncho: [e-mail] Mariano Szachtman: [e-mail] Renata Capanema: [e-mail] This press release may include statements that present Vale's expectations about future events or results. All statements, when based upon expectations about the future, involve various risks and uncertainties. Vale cannot guarantee that such statements will prove correct. These risks and uncertainties include factors related to the following: (a) the countries where we operate, especially Brazil and Canada; (b) the global economy; (c) the capital markets; (d) the mining and metals prices and their dependence on global industrial production, which is cyclical by nature; and (e) global competition in the markets in which Vale operates. To obtain further information on factors that may lead to results different from those forecast by Vale, please consult the reports Vale files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Brazilian Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), and the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and in particular the factors discussed under 'Forward-Looking Statements' and 'Risk Factors' in Vale's annual report on Form 20-F.

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