John Heugh and Central Petroleum5 May 2026 09:27
I've just come across some info that is very odd. I am in contact with the company to discuss this and am waiting for a callback but think it is worth bringing it up here as well.
John Heugh is on the GEX board as the Executive Technical Director. I am pretty sure that is him with the grey beard pictured next to Hamilton on the Hussar site visit photos. I was also under the impression that he was on the board of Central Petroleum (CTP), either as the CEO or Chairman, and that the acquisitions with CTP were a sort of 'mates deal', maybe to repay John Heugh for suggesting the re-entry Helium play in the first place.
However, on looking into this further I have found that John Heugh is not on the board of Central Petroleum and he hasn't been for a number of years - 14 years to be exact - since he was ousted by his fellow directors in 2012. His removal was so acrimonious that it led to John Heugh taking the CTP board to an unfair dismissal tribunal that in 2014 resolved in John Heugh's favour and awarded him $1.6M in damages. A Google search under the name John Heugh will provide numerous articles on this matter and I have also provided a link here:
https://www.9news.com.au/national/central-petroleum-founder-wins-court-case/6e645224-c764-4587-9a8c-7ade8ace303e
What has this got to do with GEX you might ask. The question is with John Heugh on the GEX board and with his history of not getting on with the Central Petroleum board why the heck are GEX attempting to do an acquisition deal (Mt Kitty and Dukas) with CTP. They (CTP) would appear to be the one company that Georgina Energy would avoid like the plague and as for handing over 25% of the shares in GEX that would sound like a definite no.
As far as I can see the acquisition is unnecessary and is the only thing here that is still causing delays and the share price uncertainty and if the GEX board were to pull out of the acquisition it would be a great result as they have quite enough to keep them busy with the fully-funded Hussar and Mt Winter re-entries. Why take on any more - at least until they can prove that this concept is going to work. And certainly why work with a company that is a known enemy!!!
I will continue to try and contact GEX for comment.