The environment, its natural resources, and development capability continue to be contested issues in human society's growth process. Ghana, like Africa and other developing countries, is heavily reliant on natural resources for economic growth and development. This environment and natural resource exploitation process is directly immersed in the mining of gold resources. While mining firms tout their contributions to development and social services, local populations oppose and demand an end to large-scale gold mining on their "land." The study studies incidents of company-community disputes over gold mining and the underlying causes, dispute resolution procedures, and shortcomings in the present framework using an informant data gathering approach and secondary data collection. Cases involving compensation and resettlement packages Unfulfilled promises, distrust, and a lack of alternative alternatives for economically displaced populations