About Us
Providing Services since 1987
Terra Search has been in the business of providing professional, independent, multi-client, geological, consulting, and mineral exploration services. Operating out of offices in Townsville, Perth and Bathurst, a field depot in Charters Towers, and a branch office in Port Moresby, Terra Search has the expertise to manage entire mineral exploration programs at any scale.
Principal Geologists
Dr Simon Beams
Principal Geologist & Director
Simon has extensive experience with database projects throughout Australia and Papua New Guinea. In Mid 2002 Terra Search was awarded a World Bank funded GIS project aimed at Institutional Strengthening of the Department of Mining in PNG. This project involved converting and value-adding to PNG’s open file data resource into a comprehensive digital data set that has been made accessible to modern GIS systems.
Dave Jenkins
Principal Geologist & Director
Senior Geologist and Director of Terra Search since 1992, Dave has worked at all levels of management of base metal and gold exploration programs in Queensland and WA. Dave was the driving force behind the discovery in 1993 of the Grevillea Zn Pb Ag deposit in the Lawn Hill Platform in the Mt Isa Block for Coolgardie Gold. He also discovered Hodgkinson gold vein systems for Cutters Ridge in 1997.
Richard Lesh
Principal Geologist & Director
A geologist since 1975, Richard has broad experience in mining and mineral exploration for gold and base metals. Richard has worked as a mine and exploration geologist since 1976 primarily involved in gold and base metal targets in NSW, Western Australia and North Queensland. He began with Esso Minerals in 1976 (to 1986) and since 1987 Richard has been a Director and Principal Geologist of Terra Search Pty Ltd.
Senior Management
Travers Davies
Field Manager
Travers began at Terra Search in 2005 after a lengthly career in hotel management in QLD and NSW. He worked for 6 months as a field assistant in QLD and NT covering many aspects of exploration. Travers was promoted to Field Manager so that Terra Search could best utilise his skills in management. He has been an invaluable member of the Terra Search team ever since.
Leanne Casey
Office Manager
An Office Manager with real in-the-field experience. Leanne started with Terra Search initially as a field technician. Leanne has been Townsville Office Manager in the since 2007. Prior to Terra Search, Leanne developed people skills as manager and various other roles throughout the world in the hospitality and other industries.