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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, 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, http://www.jstor.org/pss/181099
