ABOUT US

Where earth meets space.

Founded in 2024, Terraprisma is a European deep-tech company at the intersection of mineral exploration, geospatial science, and AI.

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Our story

Built for the future of exploration.

Terraprisma was born from a simple frustration: early-stage exploration is slow, expensive, and too often points teams at the wrong ground. We bridge two worlds that rarely talk the mining industry and the space-tech ecosystem and turn decades of geological expertise into geospatial intelligence teams can act on.

Wehave been proudly incubated at ESA BIC Noordwijk, the European Space Agency’s business incubator near the ESA campus in the Netherlands .

6

Countries

3

Continents

100%

Remote delivery

5,000+

km² per study

The team

Geologists and AI specialists, in one room.

Whatever the stage, the question is the same: which ground earns the next field budget?

Thomas Kaakeh, exploration geologist and CEO of Terraprisma

Thomas Kaakeh

Exploration Geologist · CEO

Industry geology background, now leading Terraprisma’s geological and commercial direction.

Dr. Tim Van Der Lee, space physics and AI, CTO of Terraprisma

Dr. Tim Van Der Lee

SPACE PHYSICS & AI • CTO

Builds the remote-sensing and machine-learning engine behind every target.

Why teams trust us

Credible by construction.

We start where good exploration always does with
everything already known about the ground.

ESA-BACKED

Space-tech foundation

Incubated at ESA BIC Noordwijk; supported by Google Cloud and Microsoft for Startups.

GEOLOGY-FIRST

Interpreted, not just computed

Every target is read by exploration geologists against a defined mineral system — not handed off by an algorithm.

TRANSPARENT

Full dataroom access

Every layer behind a target is open to inspect and re-run. Nothing is a black box.

PROVEN REACH

Multi-continent footprint

Delivered and active projects across multiple countries in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Responsibility

Responsible by design and by de-risking.

A rigorous environmental baseline isn’t only good practice. It means fewer permitting surprises, stronger investor due diligence, and a lighter footprint from day one. Our work aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

SDG 13

Climate Action

Cutting the carbon footprint of early exploration with remote, fieldwork-light analysis.

SDG 12

Responsible Production

Cutting the carbon footprint of early exploration with remote, fieldwork-light analysis.

SDG 13

Life on Land

Satellite baselines that help monitor biodiversity and limit ecological disruption.

SDG 09

Innovation

Building the tools for a more efficient, responsible exploration industry.