Compagnie du Katanga
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Congo Free State concession companies, Compagnie du Katanga shown in grey
The Compagnie du Katanga was a concession company of the Congo Free State.[1] The company was founded in 1891 to occupy part of the Free State in order to dissuade a British claim on the land.[2] The company received 99-year mineral exploitation rights on one third of the land and preferential rights for twenty years on the remainder.[2]
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- Fage, JD; Oliver, Roland Anthony; Sanderson, GN (1985), The Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 6
- Harms, Robert (1975), "The End of Red Rubber: A Reassessment", The Journal of African History 16 (1): 73–88, doi:10.1017/S0021853700014110, JSTOR 181099
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