The winner of the Exceptional Female QMEA Student Award will be announced in front of an expected 1000-strong crowd at the QRC/Women in Mining and Resources Queensland (WIMARQ) awards at an International Women’s Day breakfast in Brisbane on 10 March. Caitlin Boothby from Biloela State High School, Chloe Coombe from The Cathedral College in Rockhampton and Charlise Falconer from Gladstone's Chanel College will vie for the honour of being recognised as exceptional among their peers. QRC chief executive Ian Macfarlane said the future had never been brighter for women who wished to pursue a career in Queensland’s world-leading resources sector.