Exhibit 23.6
Level 15/300 Adelaide Street Brisbane QLD 4000
GPO Box 2207 Brisbane QLD 4001
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Emailbrisbane@snowdengroup.com
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Telephone (+61 7) 3231 3800
Facsimile (+61 7) 3211 9815
Emailbrisbane@snowdengroup.com
www.snowdengroup.com
Perth, Brisbane, Vancouver, Johannesburg, Cape Town, London, Belo Horizonte
To the Board of Directors of
Vale S.A. (“Vale”)
Vale S.A. (“Vale”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
David Wood, formerly of Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Pty Ltdhereby consents to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Vale’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008, in whichDavid Woodis named as having prepared Vale’s Moatize coal reserve estimates.
Very truly,
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BEng(Hon), Mining, MAusIMM 108763 |
February 4,2010
SNOWDEN MINING INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS PTY LTD ABN 99 085 319 562
SNOWDEN IS A SUBSIDIARY OF DOWNER EDI LIMITED
SNOWDEN IS A SUBSIDIARY OF DOWNER EDI LIMITED