EX-15.7 13 a2202934zex-15_7.htm EX-15.7

Exhibit 15.7

 

 

John T. Boyd Company

Mining and Geological Consultants

 

Chairman

February 15, 2011

James W. Boyd

File: 3423.001

 

 

President and CEO

 

John T. Boyd II

 

 

 

Managing Director and COO

 

Ronald L. Lewis

To the Board of Directors of

 

Vale S.A. (“Vale”)

Vice Presidents

 

Richard L. Bate

Ladies and Gentlemen:

James F. Kvitkovich

 

Russell P. Moran

The John T. Boyd Company hereby consents to (a) being named in the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Vale S.A. (“Vale”) for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the “2010 20-F”) as having conducted the review and preparation of certain coal reserve estimates and (b) the incorporation by reference of the 2010 20-F into the Registration Statements on Form F-3 of: Vale and Vale Overseas Limited (File Nos. 333-162822 and 333-162822-01); Vale and Vale Capital II (File Nos. 333-160448 and 333-160448-01); and Vale and Vale Capital Limited (File Nos. 333-143857 and 333-143857-01).

John L. Weiss

William P. Wolf

 

Vice President

Business Development

George Stepanovich, Jr.

 

Managing Director - Australia

Ian L. Alexander

 

Very truly yours,

Managing Director - China

 

Dehui (David) Zhong

JOHN T. BOYD COMPANY

 

By:

Assistant to the President

 

Mark P. Davic

/s/ Richard L. Bate

 

Denver
Dominion Plaza, Suite 710S

Richard L. Bate
Vice President

600 17th Street

 

Denver, CO 80202-5404

 

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