From 1972 to 1984, Jeffrey Williams held various positions with CRA Limited at Broken Hill in New South Wales. Following his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programme in 1987, he played a major role as a Senior Project Engineer with North Limited. From 1989 to 1996, he specialised in gold mining research in the stock broking industry. Prior to joining Nimbus Resources (now Mineral Deposits Limited), he was the Head of Resources Research at James Capel Australia. Mr Williams is an advisor to Mineral Deposits Limited and a Non‐Executive Director of A1 Consolidated Gold Limited.
Mr Williams established Nimbus Resources in 1997, and acquired mineral sands assets from BHP‐Billiton near Hawks Nest on the New South Wales coast in 1998. Mineral Deposits Limited has since secured the Sabodala gold and Grande Cote zircon projects in Senegal in West Africa, and commenced gold production in March 2009.