Rio de Janeiro, June 4th, 2021 - Vale SA (“Vale” or “Company”) informs that it has halted the circulation of trains on the Fábrica Nova branch of the Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas (EFVM), located at the Mariana Complex, in compliance with the notification from the Regional Labor Superintendence for the interdiction of activities in areas close to the Xingu dam, at Alegria Mine.

The measure will stop the flow of material produced at the Timbopeba Plant during the interdiction and, consequently, will temporarily halt production at this unit, with an estimated impact of 33 thousand tons of iron ore fines per day. In addition, some of Alegria Mine's internal accesses were closed, with partial impacts on the plant's production, estimated at 7.5 thousand tons of iron ore fines per day.

Vale is taking all the necessary measures to resume those activities as soon as possible, keeping its focus on the necessary precautions to ensure the safety of employees and communities located in the vicinities of its structures.

Vale emphasizes that the Xingu Dam remains at level 2 of the Emergency Action Plan for Mining Dams (PAEBM), in which there is no imminent risk of rupture, and that the structure's safety conditions remain unchanged. The Xingu dam is monitored and inspected daily by a specialized technical team and is included in the company's dam decharacterization plan. The Self-Rescue Zone (ZAS) of the Xingu Dam remains evacuated, with no permanent presence of people in the area.

Source: Vale