<p>Vale Newfoundland & Labrador Limited (Vale NL) are inviting submissions of an Expression of Interest for a potential opportunity to support the Voisey’s Bay Mine Expansion Project in Voisey’s Bay, NL </p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Scope of Work</span></strong></font></p></font><p><strong><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>This package includes the supply of material and equipment for shotcrete application as ground support and for construction activities (bulkheads, pillars, walls, etc.) in underground mining at Vale’s Reid Brook and Eastern Deeps mines located in Voisey’s Bay, Labrador. Material and equipment to be delivered to the Company’s Consolidation Yard located in Quebec. The vendor is required to provide on-site technical support as required.</span></span><p><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>The material and equipment include but not limited to the following: </span></font></div><ul><li><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Wet-process shotcrete for underground applications</span></font></span></span></font></li><li><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Dry-process accelerated shotcrete for underground applications</span></font></font></li></ul></span></p></strong></p></p><ul style="list-style-type: disc; direction: ltr;"><li style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 105%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Dry-process, steel fiber reinforced, accelerated shotcrete for underground applications</span></p></li><li style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 105%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Dry-process, macro-synthetic fiber reinforced, accelerated shotcrete for underground applications</span></p></li><li style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 105%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Liquid accelerator for addition to wet-process shotcrete</span></p></li><li style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 105%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Dry powder accelerator for on-site mixing of liquid accelerator</span></p></li><li style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 105%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Dry powder accelerator for on-site mixing of liquid accelerator</span></p></li><li style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 105%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Steel fibers for addition to wet-process and dry-process shotcrete</span></p></li><li style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 105%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Macro-synthetic fibers for addition to wet-process and dry-process shotcrete</span></p></li><li style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 105%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Plasticizer</span></p></li><li style="'color:" black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 105%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN" style="'color:" black; line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;'>Retarder</span></p></li><li style="'color:" black; 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