Yup, the steam account with the correct address is completely irrelevant as the game wasn't registered to it.

Lesson of the day, always make sure your contact details are up to date :(

Solved today!

Had to wait 2 days, could have been worse.

Glad to hear you got it sorted :D

And very relieved to hear that losing access to the primary email address did not end up with loss of the account!!!