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 JULY, 2004.

                        Commission File Number: 0-30464


                              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 [ ]

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:   JULY 02, 2004                      /s/ Joseph Grosso
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                                           Joseph Grosso,
                                           President & CEO





                                BC FORM 51-102F3

                             MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT


1.       NAME AND ADDRESS OF COMPANY

         IMA Exploration Inc. (the "Issuer")
         #709 - 837 West Hastings Street
         Vancouver, BC
         V6C 3N6
         Phone:  (604) 687-1828

2.       DATE OF MATERIAL CHANGE

         July 02, 2004

3.       PRESS RELEASE

         The  press  release  was  released  on July 02,  2004  through  various
         approved  public media and filed with the TSX Venture  Exchange and the
         British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta Securities Commissions.

4.       SUMMARY OF MATERIAL CHANGE(S)

         See attached press release for details.

5.       FULL DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL CHANGE

         See attached press release for details.

6.       RELIANCE ON SUBSECTION 7.1(2) OR (3) OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 51-102

         Not Applicable

7.       OMITTED INFORMATION

         Not Applicable

8.       EXECUTIVE OFFICER

         Joseph Grosso
         Phone: (604) 687-1828

9.       DATE OF REPORT

         July 02, 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                                                       JULY 02, 2004


                         CORPORATE REORGANIZATION UPDATE

IMA  EXPLORATION INC (IMR - TSX.V) is pleased to announce that all conditions to
the Company's  proposed  reorganization,  including Court and exchange approval,
have been satisfied.  The corporate reorganization will become effective on July
7,  2004 at which  time the  Company's  assets  will be  split  into two  public
companies:  IMA,  which  will  continue  to hold the  Navidad  Area  Properties,
including the Navidad  Project;  and Golden Arrow Resources  Corporation,  which
will hold the other exploration properties.

Each IMA  shareholder  of record on July 7, 2004 will  receive one Golden  Arrow
common share for each 10 IMA common shares held.  IMA's common shares will begin
trading  on the TSX  Venture  Exchange  ("TSX-V")  without  the right to receive
Golden Arrow shares at the opening on Monday July 5, 2004.

The  shares of Golden  Arrow have been  conditionally  approved  for  listing on
TSX-V,   subject  to  completion  of  the   arrangement   and  filing  of  final
documentation. It is expected that the Golden Arrow shares will begin trading on
the TSX-V on Friday July 9, 2004.


                      POST REORGANIZATION ASSET ALLOCATION

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        IMA EXPLORATION INC.                 GOLDEN ARROW RESOURCES CORPORATION
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    Argentine Property Portfolio            Argentine & Peru Property Portfolio

  10,000 ha core Navidad discovery                6 drill ready projects

18 mineral claims (all in Navidad area)          35 exploration properties

    $6.6 million cash (approx.)                        $750,000 cash

     TOTAL: 158,000 HECTARES                      TOTAL: 207,000 HECTARES
    (1,580 square kilometres)                    (2,070 square kilometres)

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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.
                                                                  2004 NUMBER 22