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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-22-002495
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220527
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220526

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vale S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917851
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15030
		FILM NUMBER:		22972247

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PRAIA DE BOTAFOGO, 186
		CITY:			RIO DE JANEIRO
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			22250-145
		BUSINESS PHONE:		55 21 3485-3900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PRAIA DE BOTAFOGO, 186
		CITY:			RIO DE JANEIRO
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			22250-145

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20051108

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VALLEY OF THE RIO DOCE CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020129

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VALLEY OF THE DOCE RIVER CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950602
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<P STYLE="font: 16pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; color: #007E7A"><B>Vale installs Nomination Committee for the 2023 Annual
General Meeting</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Rio de Janeiro, May 26<SUP>th</SUP>, 2022 - The Board
of Directors of Vale S.A (&#8220;Vale&#8221; or the &#8220;company&#8221;) resolved to install the Nomination Committee to advise, as
of June 2022, the process of electing the collegiate body, which will take place at the Annual General Meeting (&#8220;AGM&#8221;), expected
to be held in April 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">It is up to the Nomination Committee to propose to
the Board of Directors improvements related to the structure, size and composition of this collegiate body, in addition to recommending
the skills, experiences and diversity of profiles of potential Board member nominees, so that Vale can benefit from the plurality of arguments
and a decision-making process with quality and safety, in compliance with laws, ethics and best corporate governance practices.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">It is also incumbent upon the Nomination Committee
to identify, select and recommend potential Board member nominees, whose names will be evaluated by the Board of Directors, so that they
are submitted, at its discretion, for election at the AGM. The Nomination Committee is responsible for preparing and updating the succession
plan for the Board of Directors.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Nomination Committee is composed of 4 members,
all of them members of the Board of Directors and under the coordination of its Chairman, with an independent majority, under the terms
of the respective internal regulations, which were adjusted on this occasion, by deliberation of the Board of Directors, and which is
available at www.vale.com/investors.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Committee&#8217;s composition privileges knowledge
of Vale's challenges in operating its business and in achieving its strategic objectives, which include the leadership in sustainable
mining and a greater diversity of its workforce. It also takes advantage of a broad view of the dynamics of the collegiate body and its
risk management and decision-making processes for the continuous improvement of the company's governance.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The following members are elected:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 14.2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt">1.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Jos&eacute; Luciano Duarte
Penido:</B> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">independent member and coordinator of the Nomination Committee. Mr. Penido is an independent
member (since May 2019) and Chairman of the Board of Directors (since May 2021), an independent member of the People, Compensation and
Governance Committee (since May 2021) and an independent member of the Sustainability Committee (since May 2021) at Vale, where he also
held the positions of Independent Coordinator of the Nomination Committee (from January to April 2022), Coordinator of the Sustainability
Committee (from May 2019 to April 2021) and member of the Operational Excellence Committee and Risk (from May 2019 to April 2021). His
main professional experiences in the last 5 years include: (i) Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fibria Celulose (between September
2009 and January 2019), a publicly traded company in the field of planted forests and pulp and paper production; (ii) independent member
of the Board of Directors (from May 2017 to April 2019) of Banco Santander Brasil, a publicly traded financial institution; (iii) independent
member of the Board of Directors of Copersucar S.A. (from May 2013 to June 2021), private company in the sugar and ethanol trade and logistics
sector; (iv) independent member of the Board of Directors of Qu&iacute;mica Amparo Yp&ecirc; (from May 2013 to December 2019), a private
company in the field of production and sale of household cleaning products; and (v) Independent member of the Board of Directors and of
the Human Talents Committee of Grupo Algar S.A. family holding company with businesses in telecommunications, farming, hospitality and
entertainment (since 2015). He graduated in Mining Engineering from the School of Engineering of the Universidade Federal de Minas Geral
(in December 1970).</FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 14.2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt">2.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Daniel Andre Stieler: </B><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">non-independent
member of the Nomination Committee. Mr. Stieler is a member of Vale's Board of Directors (since November 2021), where he also holds the
position of non-independent member of the Financial Committee (since November 2021) and has already held the position of non-independent
member of the Nomination Committee (from January to April 2022). Professional experience in the last 5 years:
(i) CEO of the <I>Caixa de Previd&ecirc;ncia dos Funcion&aacute;rios do Banco do Brasil - PREVI</I> (since June 2021); (ii) Superintendent
Director (from January to June 2021) of the <I>Economus Instituto de Seguridade Social</I>, a supplementary pension entity, where he also
served as Chairman of the Deliberative Council (from July 2020 to January 2021) and as a Member of the Fiscal Council ( from June 2016
to July 2020); (iii) Member of the Board of Directors of Alelo S.A., a Brazilian solutions and services company (from April 2020 to April
2022); (iv) Member of the Board of Directors (from April 2020 to October 2021) of Livelo S.A., a company in the benefits, management of
corporate expenses and incentives sector; (v) Statutory Controllership Officer (from July 2019 to January 2021) of Banco do Brasil S.A.,
commercial bank; (vi) Member of the Advisory and Finance Board of Banco Votorantim S.A. (from October 2016 to October 2019); (vii) Member
of the Accounting Affairs Committee of Financial Institutions of the Brazilian Federation of Banks (<I>Federa&ccedil;&atilde;o Brasileira
de Bancos</I> &#8211; Febraban) (from 2009 to 2019); (viii) Executive Manager of the Accounting Disclosure Management of the Banco do
Brasil Conglomerate in the Accounting Department of Banco do Brasil S.A. (from March 2009 to June 2019); (ix) Member of the Deliberative
Council of <I>Universidade Corporativa da Previd&ecirc;ncia Complementar</I> &#8211; UniAbraap, supplementary pension (from February to
June 2021); (x) Member of the Deliberative Council of the Brazilian Association of Closed Private Pension Entities (<I>Associa&ccedil;&atilde;o
Brasileira das Entidades Fechadas de Previd&ecirc;ncia Complementar</I> &#8211; ABRAPP) (since July 2021); (xi) Member of the Board of
Directors of Tupy S.A. (since April 2022). He graduated in Accounting from the <I>Universidade Federal de Santa Maria</I> &#8211; UFSM
in September 1989, completed a postgraduate degree in Financial Administration from Funda&ccedil;&atilde;o Get&uacute;lio Vargas &#8211;
FGV in November 1998, MBA in Auditing from Funda&ccedil;&atilde;o Get&uacute;lio Vargas &#8211; FGV in November 2000, and an MBA in Accounting
from the <I>Funda&ccedil;&atilde;o Instituto de Pesquisas Cont&aacute;beis, Atuariais e Financeiras</I> - FIPECAFI in October 2003.</FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 14.2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Manuel Lino Silva de Sousa
Oliveira (Ollie):</B> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">independent member of the Nomination Committee. Mr. Oliveira is an independent
member of Vale's Board of Directors (since May 2021), where he was also appointed to the positions of Independent Coordinator of the Audit
Committee and independent member of the People, Compensation and Governance Committee, with election in May 2021 and position occupied
as of August 2021. His main professional experiences in the last 5 years include: (i) Senior independent member of the Board of Directors
of Antofagasta PLC, a publicly-held company in the field of natural resources and mining (between October 2011 and August 2021 ); (ii)
Senior independent member of the Board of Directors of Polymetal International PLC, a publicly held company in the gold and silver mining
sector (from April 2018 to March 2022); and (iii) independent member of the Board of Directors at Blackrock World Mining Investment Trust
PLC, a British mining investment company (between February 2020 and July 2021). He graduated in Accounting and Business Economics from
the University of Natal-Durban, South Africa, in December 1973, where he also completed a specialization in Accounting Theory in December
1975. He also completed specializations in chartered accountant and chartered management accountant at the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in South Africa (August 1978) and the Institute of Chartered Management Accounts in the UK (October 1988).</FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">independent member of the Nomination Committee. Mr. Gasparino is an independent member of Vale&#8217;s
Board of Directors (since April 2020), where he also holds the positions of independent member of the Operational Excellence and Risk
Committee (since May 2021) and Independent Coordinator of the Sustainability Committee (since May 2021 ), where he previously held the
positions of member of the Sustainability Committee (between June 2020 and April 2021), independent alternate member of the Board of Directors
(between May 2019 and April 2020) and alternate member of the Board of Directors (between May 2016 and April 2017). He graduated in Law
from the <I>Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in January</I> 1995, completed a postgraduate degree in Corporate Tax Administration
from <I>Funda&ccedil;&atilde;o ESAG &#8211; &Uacute;NICA</I> in 2000. He has executive training in mergers and acquisitions at the London
Business School, and at the CEO FGV (IBE/FGV/IDE). Professor at <I>Funda&ccedil;&atilde;o ENA</I> &#8211; School of Government for the
certification of administrators of state-owned companies and mixed capital companies. He is a Certified Board Member by Experience (CCA+)
by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance &#8211; IBGC since 2010.</FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Nomination Committee was created by Vale in 2020
to support the company's transition to a corporate structure with dispersed capital and as an evolutionary step in Vale's governance model,
in compliance with the Novo Mercado Regulation, meeting investor demands and in line with international best practices.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Gustavo Duarte Pimenta</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Executive Officer of Investor Relations</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">Vale.RI@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">Ivan Fadel: ivan.fadel@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">Andre Werner: andre.werner@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">Mariana Rocha: mariana.rocha@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">Samir Bassil: samir.bassil@vale.com</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: gray">This press release may include statements
that present Vale&#8217;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
Comiss&atilde;o de Valores Mobili&aacute;rios (CVM) and in particular the factors discussed under &#8220;Forward-Looking Statements&#8221;
and &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; in Vale&#8217;s annual report on Form 20-F.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: May 26, 2022</TD>
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