Mr. Rip is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 25 years of experience in industry and public practice providing business advice to a variety of clients, primarily in the mining sector. Most recently, Mr. Rip served as CFO of Lumina Metals Corp., Fuerte Metals Corp. and Lumina Gold Corp. (sold to CMOC in June 2025). He is also the former CFO of Anfield Gold Corp, Lumina Copper Corp., Lumina Royalty Corp. and Luminex Resources Corp. In public practice, Mr. Rip worked at Grant Thornton LLP where he served as a Senior Manager in the Assurance and Business Advisory practice. Mr. Rip has extensive experience in financial reporting, corporate governance and internal controls compliance for public companies, as well as corporate transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, public listings (directly or via reverse takeover), and spin-outs.