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Fipke, called, "Stumpy" and "Captain Chaos" by employees, had made it his singular goal since the late 1970s to find diamonds in the north of Canada. A joint venture between Fipke's Dia Met Minerals and BHP-Utah in the 1980s and 1990s culminated in the establishment of Canada's first diamond mine, Ekati Diamond Mine , in 1998. Fipke and partner Stu Blusson each own 10% of Ekati. Chuck was divorced by his wife Marlene, who had been with him since he began searching for the diamonds. This divorce at the time was Canada's largest divorce settlement with her portion of the assets estimated to be approximately C$123.1 million. NOTES |
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