Vale SA informed that its Board of Directors approved, on October 28, 2021, the election of Mr. Murilo C?sar Lemos dos Santos Passos as an additional member of the Company's Audit Committee. The Committee now has five members, instead of four, namely: Mr. Mauro Rodrigues da Cunha, Mr. Manuel Lino Silva de Sousa Oliveira, Ms. Luciana Pires Dias, Mr. Sergio Ricardo Romani and Mr. Murilo C?sar Lemos dos Santos Passos. Mr. Murilo C?sar Lemos dos Santos Passos has been an independent member of the Board of Directors since December 2019 and an independent member of the Finance Committee since May 2021.