Vale announces the release date for 3Q11 results

Rio de Janeiro, September 27, 2011 – Vale S.A. (Vale) will release its 3Q11 results on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, after markets closing. Due to the different time zones, for Hong Kong 3Q11 results will be released on Thursday, October 27, before markets opening.

Vale will release simultaneously consolidated financial statements in US GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles in the United States) and BR GAAP/IFRS (generally accepted accounting principles in Brazil).

Vale will host two conference calls and webcasts on Thursday, October 27. The first, in Portuguese (non-translated), will begin 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 Daylight Time, 3:00 p.m. British Standard Time, and 10:00 p.m. Hong Kong time.

For further information, please contact:
+55-21-3814-4540

Roberto Castello Branco: roberto.castello.branco@vale.com
Viktor Moszkowicz: viktor.moszkowicz@vale.com
Carla Albano Miller: carla.albano@vale.com
Andrea Gutman: andrea.gutman@vale.com
Christian Perlingiere: christian.perlingiere@vale.com
Fernando Frey: fernando.frey@vale.com
Marcio Loures Penna: marcio.penna@vale.com
Samantha Pons: samantha.pons@vale.com
Thomaz Freire: thomaz.freire@vale.com

This press release may include declarations about Vale's expectations regarding future events or results. All declarations based upon future expectations, rather than historical facts, are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Vale cannot guarantee that such declarations will prove to be correct. These risks and uncertainties include factors related to the following: (a) the countries where Vale operates, mainly Brazil and Canada; (b) the global economy; (c) capital markets; (d) the mining and metals businesses and their dependence upon global industrial production, which is cyclical by nature; and (e) the high degree of global competition in the markets in which Vale operates. To obtain further information on factors that may give rise to results different from those forecast by Vale, please consult the reports filed with the Brazilian Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including Vale’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20F and its reports on Form 6K.