Georgina Energy (GEX ) has secured Environmental Management Plan (EMP) approval to drill the Hussar Prospect within EP513 in Western Australia.
The company’s subsidiary, Westmarket Oil & Gas Pty Ltd (Westmarket), has secured formal approval from the Western Australian Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration (DMPE) for its Well Management Plan and Environmental Plan for Hussar.
The approval covers proposed drilling and will allow testing for the recovery of helium, hydrogen and natural gas.
This is the final step required ahead of drilling approval for the Hussar well. As a result, Georgina can commence repairs at the airstrip and access roads, and begin drill pad preparation and site works for the drilling rig and crew. All parties will be contracted to drill and deepen the well to the main target zone, the Townsend Formation, and to test the secondary target zone in the fractured basement reservoir.
Under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967, the exploration and recovery of helium is permitted only when it occurs as a mixture with hydrocarbon.
Georgina Energy’s Chief Executive Officer Anthony Hamilton said: "Georgina's operations team has worked tirelessly to overcome numerous obstacles since December 2024, including extraordinary weather events, flooding, restricted access, expanded resource profiles and detailed undertakings. This Environmental Plan approval is the final step required ahead of the Drilling Approval, allowing the Company to extract helium, hydrogen and natural gas at Hussar."
View from Vox
EMP approval clears the operational path at Hussar. The focus now shifts to final Drilling Approval, mobilisation and execution - with results from Townsend and the fractured basement targets the next key catalysts.