The Jameson Cell uses bubbles to separate super fine particles during mineral processing.

[2] It is being used worldwide in the separation of coal, copper, lead, nickel, platinum, silver and zinc.

[3] Jameson was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2005, and received the Antoine M. Gaudin Medal in 2013.

[2][7] Also in 2015, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for the development of innovative flotation technology for advanced mineral processing.

In 2018 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence with a fellowship of 1600 of the world's most eminent scientists.