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 OCTOBER, 2008.

                        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)


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  [ ]

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 the  registrant  by  furnishing  the  information
contained  in this Form,  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]

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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Date: October 30, 2008                     /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    American Stock Exchange: IMR
                 Frankfurt Stock Exchanges: IMT (WKN884971)

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                         NEWS RELEASE - OCTOBER 30, 2008

       THE RULE FAMILY TRUST ACQUIRES MORE SHARES OF IMA EXPLORATION INC.

IMA EXPLORATION INC.  (IMR-AMEX,  IMR-TSX.V) ("IMA" or the "Company") is pleased
that the Rule Family Trust  continues to buy shares of the company and now holds
10,094,100 common shares  representing 19.36 percent of IMA's outstanding common
shares (as press released  October 28, 2008).  The Rule Family Trust owns Global
Resource Investments Ltd., a full service brokerage firm that focuses on natural
resource investments worldwide. Led by Chairman Rick Rule, the company has built
an  international  reputation  for its specialist  expertise in sourcing  global
investment  opportunities  in the  mining,  oil  and  gas,  alternative  energy,
agriculture, forestry, and water industries.

The company knows of the  excellent  track record of Mr. Rule over the more than
25 years of investing in the natural resource sector. Like IMA's management, Mr.
Rule has lived through and thrived  during many market cycles and he sees IMA as
a well-positioned company offering fundamental value in this economic phase.

"We are very excited to have such a successful  resource investor build a larger
position in our company and for us to have the ability to call on his  expertise
and  contacts  within the sector.  We will make full use of Mr.  Rule's  advice"
stated Joseph Grosso,  president and chief  executive  officer of IMA.  "Current
market conditions offer unprecedented  investment and acquisition  opportunities
at vastly  discounted  prices.  Rick's market knowledge and reputation  combined
with our company's  significant  cash position will lead IMA towards its goal of
increasing shareholder value."

IMA is a Vancouver based exploration company with over $23M in its treasury. The
acquisition of the Island Copper  Project is Phase I of IMA's business  strategy
and aligns  with the  Company's  objective  to  acquire  projects  that  contain
established resources,  near-term cash flow and offer significant  opportunities
for expansion through continued  exploration.  A PowerPoint  presentation on the
project is available on the Company's web site (www.imaexploration.com).


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

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





NEWS RELEASE                                                    OCTOBER 30, 2008
IMA EXPLORATION INC.                                                      PAGE 2
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For further  information please contact Joseph Grosso,  President & CEO, or Keir
Reynolds, Manager, Corporate Communications,  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.
                                                                   2008 NUMBER 9