SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                     PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                         For the month of APRIL , 2004.
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                              IMA EXPLORATION INC.
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                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

  #709 - 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3N6, Canada
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant  files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

                        Form 20-F    X      Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark if the  registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _______

Indicate by check mark if the  registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): _______

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the  information  contained in this
Form,  the  registrant  is  also  thereby  furnishing  the  information  to  the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                              Yes               No      X
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If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3- 2(b): 82-_____________


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf of the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                           IMA EXPLORATION INC.
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                                           (Registrant)

Date   March 24, 2004                      By  /s/ Joseph Grosso
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                                           (Signature)
                                           Joseph Grosso,
                                           President & CEO





                                 BC FORM 53-901F

                                   (FORM 27)

                                 Securities Act

                             MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT

              Section 85(1) of the Securities Act, British Columbia
                          (the "British Columbia Act")
        Section 118(1) of the Securities Act, Alberta (the "Alberta Act")
        Section 75(2) of the Securities Act, Ontario (the "Ontario Act")


1.   REPORTING ISSUER

     The full name of the Issuer is IMA  Exploration  Inc. (the  "Issuer").  The
     address  and  telephone  number  of the  principal  office in Canada of the
     Issuer is as follows:

     #709 - 837 West Hastings Street
     Vancouver, BC
     V6C 3N6
     Phone:  (604) 687-1828

2.   DATE OF MATERIAL CHANGE

     April 2, 2004

3.   PRESS RELEASE

     A press  release  dated  April 2, 2004,  a copy of which is  attached,  was
     released  through  various  approved  public  media and filed  with the TSX
     Venture Exchange and the British Columbia,  Alberta and Ontario  Securities
     Commissions.

4.   SUMMARY OF MATERIAL CHANGE(S)

     Please see attached press release for details.

5.   FULL DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL CHANGE

     Please see attached press release for full details.

6.   RELIANCE ON SECTION 85(2) OF THE BRITISH  COLUMBIA ACT,  SECTION  118(2) OF
     THE ALBERTA ACT AND SECTION 75(3) OF THE ONTARIO ACT

     Not Applicable







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7.   OMITTED INFORMATION

     Not Applicable

8.   SENIOR OFFICER

     The  following  senior  officer  of the Issuer is  knowledgeable  about the
     material  change and may be contacted by the  Commission  at the  following
     telephone number:

     Joseph Grosso
     President & CEO
     Phone:  (604) 687-1828

9.   STATEMENT OF SENIOR OFFICER

     The foregoing accurately discloses the material change referred to herein.


DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 5th day of April, 2004.




                                            /s/ Joseph Grosso
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                                            Joseph Grosso, President & CEO




                              IMA EXPLORATION INC.

                      Suite 709 - 837 West Hastings Street,
                            Terminal City Club Tower,
                             Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3N6
           Tel: 604-687-1828 Fax: 604-687-1858 Toll Free: 800-901-0058
        Internet: www.imaexploration.com E-mail: info@imaexploration.com

               TSX Venture Exchange: IMR  OTC Bulletin Board: IMXPF
                 Frankfurt & Berlin Exchanges: IMT (WKN 884971)

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NEWS RELEASE                                                       APRIL 2, 2004


                 MR. ARTHUR LANG JOINS IMA'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

IMA  Exploration Inc (IMR - TSX.V) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.
Arthur Lang, B.Comm., C.A., to the Board of Directors.

Mr. Lang is a seasoned Chartered  Accountant with over 25 years of financing and
accounting  management.  IMA's  management  and  directors  welcome  Mr.  Lang's
appointment and look forward to receiving his valued input and advice.

Contemporaneously,  Mr. William Lee has tendered his resignation  from the Board
in order to pursue other opportunities.  The Company would like to thank Mr. Lee
for his contributions and wishes him well in his endeavours.

The  Company's  exploration  activity  is focused on the  Navidad  claims and on
continuing quality  exploration work designed to define economic gold and silver
deposits in  Argentina  and Peru.  IMA has put  together  an  enviable  property
portfolio  including  over  37  well-located,  high-potential  projects  and  is
continuing to add this package through grass-roots exploration and staking.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

/S/ Joseph Grosso
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Mr. Joseph Grosso, President & CEO

For further  information please contact Joseph Grosso,  President & CEO, or Sean
Hurd,  Investor  Relations  Manager,  at 1-800-901-0058 or 604-687-1828,  or fax
604-687-1858,  or by email  info@imaexploration.com,  or visit the Company's web
site at http://www.imaexploration.com. The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed
and does not accept  responsibility  for the  adequacy  or the  accuracy of this
release.  Cautionary  Note  to US  Investors:  This  news  release  may  contain
information  about  adjacent  properties on which we have no right to explore or
mine.  We advise  U.S.  investors  that the  SEC's  mining  guidelines  strictly
prohibit  information  of this  type in  documents  filed  with  the  SEC.  U.S.
investors are cautioned  that mineral  deposits on adjacent  properties  are not
indicative of mineral deposits on our properties.  This news release may contain
forward-looking  statements  including but not limited to comments regarding the
timing and  content  of  upcoming  work  programs,  geological  interpretations,
receipt  of  property  titles,   potential  mineral  recovery  processes,   etc.
Forward-looking  statements  address  future events and conditions and therefore
involve inherent risks and  uncertainties.  Actual results may differ materially
from those currently anticipated in such statements.

                                                                  2003 Number 13