UNITED STATES
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 DECEMBER, 2005.
Commission File Number: 001-32558
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)
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YES [ ] NO [X]
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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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Date: December 5, 2005 /s/ Joseph Grosso
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Joseph Grosso,
President & CEO
IMA EXPLORATION INC.
(A Grosso Group Company)
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 American Stock Exchange: IMR
Frankfurt & Berlin Exchanges: IMT (WKN 884971)
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NEWS RELEASE - DECEMBER 5, 2005
IMA'S PRESIDENT JOSEPH GROSSO NAMED
"EXPLORATION MAN OF THE YEAR" IN ARGENTINA
IMA EXPLORATION INC. (IMR-AMEX, IMR-TSX.V) is pleased to announce that the
Company's President & CEO, Mr. Joseph Grosso, has been named as the "Exploration
Man of the Year" by the Argentinean mining Association Panorama Minero. This
prestigious award was presented at the 29th annual Argentinean Mining Exposition
in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in recognition of Mr. Grosso's outstanding
achievement in mineral exploration.
In accepting the award Mr. Grosso commented; "It is a great honor to receive
this award and I would like to express to you my deepest gratitude. I cannot
accept this award alone; it belongs to all the members of my team, and in
particular our Argentinean contingent, which I am proud to say is almost 100%
Argentine. We have achieved this success only through the combination of our
talent, skills and good fortune. I would like to add that all the knowledge I
have of mining I learned here in Argentina, and tonight I feel like an adopted
son of Argentina. Thank you."
Other award recipients at this gala event included Barrick Gold Corp., which
received the award for Mining Company of the year.
Through the month of December 2005 the Biography Channel in Canada will be
airing features on IMA Exploration Inc. and other companies managed by The
Grosso Group. These features can also be viewed on The Grosso Group web site
(www.grossogroup.com).
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
/s/ Gerald Carlson
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Dr. Gerald Carlson, Chairman
For further information please contact Joseph Grosso, President & CEO, or Sean
Hurd, Vice President, Investor Relations, 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.
2005 NUMBER 27