VALE : S.A. : Vale announces the release date for 4Q11 results

Rio de Janeiro, January 19, 2012 - Vale S.A. (Vale) will release its 4Q11 results on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, after markets closing. Due to the different time zones, for Hong Kong 4Q11 results will be released on Thursday, February 16, 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, February 16. 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, 9:00 a.m. US Eastern Standard Time, 2:00 p.m. British Standard Time, and 10:00 p.m. Hong Kong time.

For further information, please contact:

[phone]

Roberto Castello Branco: [e-mail]

Viktor Moszkowicz: [e-mail]

Carla Albano Miller: [e-mail]

Christian Perlingiere: [e-mail]

Andrea Gutman: [e-mail]

Fernando Frey: [e-mail]

Marcio Loures Penna: [e-mail]

Samantha Pons: [e-mail]

Thomaz Freire: [e-mail]

This press release may include statements that present Vale's expectations about future events or results.  All statements, when based upon expectations about the future and not on historical facts, 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 Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and in particular the factors discussed under "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in Vale's annual report on Form 20-F.

Vale announces the release date for 4Q11 results:
http://hugin.info/144918/R/1579431/492847.pdf

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