Compagnie du Katanga

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]

References

1. ^ Harms 1975, p. 78.
2. ^ ^{a b} Fage, Oliver & Sanderson 1985, p. 342.

Bibliography

• Fage, JD; Oliver, Roland Anthony; Sanderson, GN (1985), The Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 6, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xh-QcHRG3OwC&dq=%22Compagnie+du+Katanga%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s 
• Harms, Robert (1975), "The End of Red Rubber: A Reassessment", The Journal of African History 16 (1): 73–88, JSTOR 181099