Vale SA informed that Mr. Manuel Lino Silva de Sousa Oliveira was appointed as Lead Independent Director of Vale's Board of Directors. Mr. Ollie Oliveira has been an independent Board member of the Company since 2021, with recognized performance on several international Boards in the industry and more than 35 years of experience in corporate finance and strategy, mainly in the mining sector. Composition of the Audit and Risk Committee: For a better dedication to the LID role, Mr. Ollie Oliveira leaves the coordination of Vale's Audit and Risks Committee, remaining as a member and technical specialist of the referred advisory body of the Board of Directors.

Mrs. Vera Marie Inkster, an independent Board member, assumes the coordinator position of Vale's Audit and Risk Committee. Therefore, Audit and Risks Committee continues to be composed of the same three members and is fully independent.