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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-22-004914
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221221

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:		221479439

	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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">December 2022</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Vale S.A.</P>

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<P STYLE="color: teal; font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Vale's EGM 12/21/2022 - Final Synthetic
Map</B></P>

<P STYLE="color: teal; font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Vale S.A. (&ldquo;Vale&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;),
pursuant to the CVM Resolution n. 81/2021, discloses the final synthetic voting map for each item of resolution on the agenda of the Extraordinary
General Meeting (&ldquo;EGM&rdquo;), which was held on this date.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Information on that map is available in the attached
spreadsheet&sup1;, which presents votes of 3,822,472,476 shares for the EGM.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Rio de Janeiro, December 21<SUP>st</SUP>, 2022.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Gustavo Duarte Pimenta</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Executive Officer for Investor Relations</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&sup1; In the attached spreadsheet, the &quot;
Abstain&quot; column includes blank, null and abstention votes.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray"><B>For further information, please contact:</B></P>

<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">Luciana Oliveti: luciana.oliveti@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>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: gray">This press release may include statements
that present Vale&rsquo;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 &ldquo;Forward-Looking Statements&rdquo;
and &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo; in Vale&rsquo;s annual report on Form 20-F.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>983,835</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>550,937,294</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: December 21, 2022</TD>
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