It is very remote, surrounded by dense rainforest; because there are no roads to the town, it can only be reached via the Saül Airport.

[3] The village is located in the centre of French Guiana where springs give rise to three major rivers: the Mana, the Inini, and the Approuague.

[11] The inhabitants of Saül, the botanist Scott Mori, politicians such as Chantal Berthelot and José Gaillou, and many organizations like IUCN, Fédération Guyane Nature Environment and Rainforest Rescue protested against the decision to reward the permit.

[12] Opposition grew from the possibility that the mine would cause the partial destruction of the Guiana Amazonian Park and the decline of water quality.

Like most of French Guiana, Saül has a hot, humid and very wet tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with a short dry season centred upon September and October when the Intertropical Convergence Zone lies furthest north.