Société des Mines d'Or de Kilo-Moto
The Société des Mines d'Or de Kilo-Moto was a mining company in the Belgian Congo .
The Kilo and Moto gold fields in northeastern Congo were discovered in 1903 by two Australian prospectors. The development of the mines of Kilo began in 1905, in Moto in 1911. In 1919 the government established the Régie industrial des mines de Kilo-Moto . In February 1926 it was transformed into a company under Congolese law, the Société des Mines d'Or de Kilo-Moto (SOKIMO). The company was based in Kilo (Belgian Congo) and the administrative headquarters in Brussels. The company's capital was 230 million Belgian francs. The company was headed for many years by Major General George Moulaert , the former Vice Governor General of the Belgian Congo. The company's concession area had a size of 80,000 km² and was therefore more than twice the size of metropolitan Belgium. In the 1950s the company employed around 19,000 African workers and employees. In 1966 it was nationalized by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
literature
- George Moulaert: Vingt années a Kilo-Moto (1920-1940) . 1950